Flag for Taxon: Order Volvocales
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| someplant | Order Volvocales |
synonymous with Chlamydomonadales |
May. 14, 2023 19:32:43 +0000 | t_e_d |
Done. |
Comments
I think, Chlamydomonadales could be a solution Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly
N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher
Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS
ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi:10.1371/journal.
pone.011924
although Volvocales is in use frequently.
Both names are in use; the Ruggiero et al. reference even lists them both as equivalent (in one of their tables). I personally like Volvocales because it's shorter; also, Volvox is the older name (1758 vs. 1834 for Chlamydomonas) so I've always thought it had a better claim to the order :) - but I don't think it is formally resolved, at least not to my knowledge.
I drafted the taxon swap: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/135042
Before comitting the swap: do you all agree?
@someplant @roman_romanov @karolina @bdstaylor @geraldojpr @asterochloris
AlgaeBase: https://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/detail/?taxonid=106540
https://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/#106540
Thanks. I agree
I agree, too...the swap looks good. Chlamydomonadales is also used on WoRMS, CoL and AlgaeBase.
Sounds good, thanks. I know both are in use but I think it's more important to just stick with one name.
Thank you for your quick replies. I’m going to wait a few more days for more answers before committing to the swap.
Good point, I agree.
Thank you - yes, I agree, it will be good to have a unified taxonomy in iNaturalist.
Chlamydomonadales and Volvocales are synonymous with one another. Currently we have both the orders, which leads to confusing situations (like Chlamydomonadaceae being in a different order than Chlamydomonadales). AlgaeBase uses Chlamydomonadales, but I've seen both names used around in literature, which one is preferred?
@roman_romanov @karolina @bdstaylor @geraldojpr @asterochloris