Observation field: Undescribed species
For recognised but as yet undescribed new species
tony_wills
Observations specifying this field
| Observation | Undescribed species |
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| Leiobunum sp. A | |
| Leiobunum sp. A | |
| Leiobunum sp. A | |
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| Leiobunum sp. A | |
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| LUCA_DT Actiniaria sp.1 | |
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| NZCMIv1 Undescribed sp. 1 | |
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Photos / Sounds
WhatSea Anemones (Order Actiniaria)ObservermillamuckDescriptionI've seen a couple of these around so never thought to check I.D. going back through photos and can't see any similar on here. Help would be appreciated :) |
LUCA_DT Actiniaria sp.1 |
| LUCA_DT Actiniaria sp.1 | |
| LUCA_DT Actiniaria sp.1 | |
| Leiobunum sp. A | |
| Leiobunum sp. A | |
| Leiobunum sp. A | |
| NZCMIv1 Undescribed sp. 1 | |
| NZCMIv1 Undescribed sp. 1 | |
| Leiobunum sp. A | |
| Leiobunum sp. A | |
| Leiobunum sp. A | |
| Leiobunum sp. A | |
| Leiobunum sp. A | |
| NZCMIv1 Undescribed sp. 1 | |
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Photos / Sounds
WhatPyramid Ants (Genus Dorymyrmex)ObserverreignofrageDescriptionUndescribed Southern California parasite species. Single alate flew to fluorescent blacklight around 21:35. Imaged using Keyence vhx-5000 imaging system, with the aid of Dr. Brian V. Brown |
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Projects Using This Field
Undescribed Arkyidae
Comments
@clinton, @jon_sullivan, @meurkc : I have added all the 'undescribed' 'new' species from NZCMIv1 so that we can add this field to those observations, that at least allows us to find them easily again. I will probably add a couple more entries for other apparently new sea anemone species that we have seen. We could also use this field for any other taxons too. (ignore the numerical values for now, they are just taxon ID numbers, left over from my first attempt at this)
(NZCMIv1 is of course New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates Vol. 1.)
@tony_wills I was talking to @dennis about ways to tag an observation he has on an undescribed frog. Is this field meant to be general, and if so, if he sends you the placeholder for the species will you add it as a value here? Or would you prefer someone makes a new 'undescribed species' observation field that allows free text for values rather than a drop down list?
Yes anyone is free to use it, I chose a drop down list so that it is easy to consistently add the same value (otherwise the fields usefulness is marginal). Am happy to add any new value to the list (anything unique is ok) if the user can't do this themselves. New values could go at the top of the list.
great thanks, @dennis let me know if you need help with this
Thank you @tony_wills @loarie - I will try if I get it to work...
I have tried to add this Colombian undescribed Atelopus species.
I am not sure it's mentioned or if there is active work going on at them. They are well known... they are included in Atelopus statistics from University Andes in Bogota, but I can not tell the "name" people call it because it includes the location for the species and the name describes a very limited and unique place so it would be devastating for the species to do it this way...
Maybe I'll just keep it for myself another 6+ years :D
@dennis, we don't have to use their name for it, eg I have just added "Atelopus sp.1" as an example.
Maybe we can add it as: Colombian Atelopus sp.1?
Done :-)
Note in southern Africa we prefer https://www.inaturalist.org/observation_fields/8546 which is free format allowing more flexibility. It is part of the project: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/undescribed-species-and-taxa
It would be great to rationalize these fields, but this one is too restrictive at present. f8546 has seven times more data than f5737 currently.
I see loarie made his own version too https://www.inaturalist.org/observation_fields/14392, "new species". @tonyrebelo I'm not sure why you describe this field as too restrictive, as far as I know any curator can add additional values too the list (and non curators can add a comment here to get something added). Create a new species tag name once, and people can select it from a drop down list rather than having to (mis)remember it.
Yes: but waiting for curators is a pain. Even if it is just a wait of a few hours, it means disrupting one's workflow, and if one is a specialist busy reviewing data on iNaturalist as part of a larger study with limited time, it is simply to restrictive.
I have changed this field from taxon to text, so that we can use a unique descriptor for each new species.