DB Manager :: Add new species

Introduction

This page will direct an xBio:D user on the procedures to follow in order to add a new valid species or another valid taxon at a different rank into the xBio:D database. Only users with taxonomic permissions and possess the taxonomic authority upon a certain group are able to manage taxonomies, so if you would like to contribute to the xBio:D taxonomic resources, please contact hol-help@osu.edu and request permission.

NOTE: Please understand the xBio:D Taxonomic Data Model before using any of the taxonomic features of the Database Manager.

Check for Existing Species

Before adding a new valid species or taxon at any rank, it is crucial that the species is not already within the xBio:D database. All taxa are available through HOL, which will also list obsolete combinations for species, common names, as well as subjective synonomies of other species, and can easily be discovered via search. A species concept can have only one valid name associated with it and is considered the current combination. All other names that are also part of the concept are considered to be obsolete combinations. Any new species concepts added to the xBio:D database should also include the original combination (also known as a protonym or basionym) if the combination added is not the combination that was used when the species was first described and made available (see Wikipedia for basic definition of what an available name is). A common/vernacular name, although unavailable and unable to be considered valid according to nomenclatural codes, is also treated as an obsolete combination but is clearly marked as a common name in much the same way a misspelling of a species name is unavailable and never valid. If an obsolete combination is found for a species concept, go to DB Manager :: Add valid species to existing concept for directions on how to proceed. Only after a species concept has been confirmed to not already exist should a new species concept be added.