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SUBMITTER: Fontaine B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3359328 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fontaine Benoît B van Achterberg Kees K Alonso-Zarazaga Miguel Angel MA Araujo Rafael R Asche Manfred M Aspöck Horst H Aspöck Ulrike U Audisio Paolo P Aukema Berend B Bailly Nicolas N Balsamo Maria M Bank Ruud A RA Belfiore Carlo C Bogdanowicz Wieslaw W Boxshall Geoffrey G Burckhardt Daniel D Chylarecki Przemysław P Deharveng Louis L Dubois Alain A Enghoff Henrik H Fochetti Romolo R Fontaine Colin C Gargominy Olivier O Gomez Lopez Maria Soledad MS Goujet Daniel D Harvey Mark S MS Heller Klaus-Gerhard KG van Helsdingen Peter P Hoch Hannelore H De Jong Yde Y Karsholt Ole O Los Wouter W Magowski Wojciech W Massard Jos A JA McInnes Sandra J SJ Mendes Luis F LF Mey Eberhard E Michelsen Verner V Minelli Alessandro A Nieto Nafrıa Juan M JM van Nieukerken Erik J EJ Pape Thomas T De Prins Willy W Ramos Marian M Ricci Claudia C Roselaar Cees C Rota Emilia E Segers Hendrik H Timm Tarmo T van Tol Jan J Bouchet Philippe P
PloS one 20120523 5
The number of described species on the planet is about 1.9 million, with ca. 17,000 new species described annually, mostly from the tropics. However, taxonomy is usually described as a science in crisis, lacking manpower and funding, a politically acknowledged problem known as the Taxonomic Impediment. Using data from the Fauna Europaea database and the Zoological Record, we show that contrary to general belief, developed and heavily-studied parts of the world are important reservoirs of unknown ...[more]