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Taxon treatment for Paedophryne amauensis sp. nov.

In biological taxonomy, a species nova (plural: species novae; abbreviation: sp. nov. plural abbreviation: spp. nov.) is a new species. The phrase is Latin, and is used after a binomial name that is being published for the first time. The equivalent for a new genus name is genus novum, and familia nova for a biological family.

An example is the species of miniature frog, Paedophryne amauensis, originally described as Paedophryne amauensis sp. nov. in PLOS ONE in 2012.

The term should not be confused with combinatio nova, used when a previously named taxon is moved to a different genus or species, or its rank is changed.

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References

  1. ^ Rittmeyer, Eric N.; Allison, Allen; Gründler, Michael C.; Thompson, Derrick K.; Austin, Christopher C. (2012). "Ecological guild evolution and the discovery of the world's smallest vertebrate". PLoS ONE. 7 (1). Public Library of Science: e29797. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...729797R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029797. PMC 3256195. PMID 22253785.
  2. ^ "What Latin abbreviations mean". Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  3. "Medical Definition of sp nov". Merriam Webster. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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