Transcript Global Team Meeting Leiden 2013-09-17 Ruggiero

Hierarchical Classification for
Managing the Catalogue of Life
Catalogue of Life Global Team Meeting
Leiden, Netherlands
17 September 2013
Michael Ruggiero, Ph. D.
ITIS – Smithsonian Institution and
Expert Solutions International, LLC
Goals of A Management Hierarchy
• reflects current expert opinion and neither
geographically, nor personality-biased
• is neither so new that it is untested, nor so out of
date as to be misleading or unhelpful
• is likely to be stable for the next five years
Gordon DP (2009). Towards a management hierarchy (classification) for the Catalogue of
Life: Draft Discussion Document. In Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2009 Annual
Checklist (Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM,
Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G., eds). CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
“Final” Version
Hierarchical Classification for
Managing the Catalogue of Life
(September 2013)
Edited by:
Michael Ruggiero, Ph.D., FLS
ITIS – Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
(Currently: Expert Solutions International, LLC; Reston, VA)
and
Dennis Gordon, Ph.D., FLS
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Wellington, New Zealand
Experts Panel
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Michael Ruggiero
Dennis Gordon
Nicolas Bailly
Thierry Bourgoin
Richard Brusca
Thomas Cavalier-Smith
Daphne Fautin
Gerald Guala
Michael Guiry
Paul Kirk
Peter Stevens
Brian Tindall
Seven Kingdoms
Prokaryota: Archaea and Bacteria
• CoL currently uses BIOS System (NIES, Japan)
with contributions from J. Euzéby and B.
Tindall
• Based upon Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and
Archaea (TOBA) 7.4 (Garrity et al., 2004)
• Recommendation: Status Quo
• Action: Updated with Taxonomic Outline of
Bacteria and Archaea (TOBA) 7.7 (Garrity et
al., 2007) and panel recommendations
Protozoa
• CoL currently uses a combination of
treatments derived from ITIS (NODC legacy
with some updates) and Algaebase
• Recommendation: Choose a ranked interim
classification based mainly on work of
Cavalier-Smith, collaborators, and peers
• Action: Followed recent publications by
Cavalier-Smith & collaborators, and peers
(2010-2013)
Chromista
• CoL currently based upon AlgaeBase
• Non-photosynthetic groups poorly represented
• Recommendation: Follow Cavalier-Smith & Chao
(2006) for Cryptista and Heterokonta, Anderson
(2004) for Haptophyta, Cavalier-Smith and van
der Hayden for Heliozoa (2007)
• Action: Followed above publications; also Lee et
al. (2000), Lynn (2002), AlgaeBase (2013), inter
alia
Fungi
• Current COL follows classification of Index
Fungorum
• Recommendation: Index Fungorum should be
informed by James et al. (2006), and
consequently AFTOL
• Action: Followed Kirk et al. (2008) Dictionary of Fungi and recent updates; also
Cavalier-Smith for placement of
Microsporidia
Plantae
• Current CoL classification is a hybrid of several
systems and largely out of date.
• Recommendation: Adopt a pragmatic phylumlevel classification similar to that in CavalierSmith (1998).
• Action: Followed Cavalier-Smith (1998),
Chase & Reveal (2009), Goffinet & Shaw
(2009), Stevens (2013), Christenhusz et al.
(2011), Algaebase (2013) and Yoon (2006)
Animalia
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Current CoL includes 37 phyla, up from the 31 listed in 2008. Classification largely follows Brusca and Brusca (2003)
with some modifications.
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Consider combining Acanthocephala, Rotifera, & Gnathostomulida into a single phylum Gnathifera,
and proper placement of Micrognathozoa
- Action: Acanthocephala, Rotifera, & Gnathostomulida retained as and Micrognathozoa
elevatied to phylum-level
Seek a synthesis for Arthropoda reflecting most highly regarded schemes for constituent subphyla and
classes
- Action: New arthropod classification largely follows synthesis in Zhang (2011 & 2013)
Abandon Phylum Cephalorhynca and treat Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Priapulida, and Nematomorpha as
separate phyla
- Action: Cephalorhyncha abandoned and Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Priapulida, and
Nematomorpha treated as separate phyla
Subsume current Phylum Myxozoa into Phylum Cnidaria
- Action: Myxozoa treated as subphylum of Cnidaria
Review asteroid classification
- Action: Echinoderm classification reviewed and revised
Abandon Ectoprocta and Entoprocta in favor of Bryzoa and Kamptozoa, respectively
- Action: Ectoprocta and Entoprocta abandoned in favor of Bryzoa and Kamptozoa, respectively
Use Nematoda instead of Nemata as the phylum-level name
- Action: Nematoda used as phylum-level name
Seek advice to update classification of Platyhelminthes
- Action: Classification updated following Tyler et al. (2012)
Include new phylum Xenoturbellida
- Action: New phylum Xenacoelomorpha added, including Xenoturbellida as a subphylum
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