DB Manager :: Add subjectively synonymous species
Introduction
This page will direct an xBio:D user on the procedures to follow in order to add a new species concept or another taxon at a different rank as a subjective synonym of another species 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 species concept or taxon at any rank, it is crucial that the species concept 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), the species names used when 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 obsolete species name for directions on how to proceed. If the species was already in the database but not as a synonym of the proper species, go to DB Manager :: Subjectively synonymous existing species for instructions on how to create the synonymy. Only after a species concept has been confirmed to not already exist and a valid species has been confirmed to be present should a new species be added as a synonym.
