Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation.

• Thomson SA Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Pyle RL Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Hawai'i, United States of America.
• Ahyong ST Department of Marine Invertebrates, Australian Museum, New South Wales, Australia.
• Alonso-Zarazaga M International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Singapore.
• Ammirati J Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
• Araya JF Universidad de Atacama, Copiapó, Chile, and Programa de Doctorado en Sistemática y Biodiversidad, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
• Ascher JS Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
• Audisio TL Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
• Azevedo-Santos VM Laboratório de Ictiologia, Departamento de Zoologia, IBB-UNESP Campus de Botucatu, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Bailly N FishBase Information and Research Group, IRRI Campus, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
• Baker WJ Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, United Kingdom.
• Balke M Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, München, Germany.
• Barclay MVL Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.
• Barrett RL Australian National Herbarium, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
• Benine RC Laboratório de Ictiologia, Departamento de Zoologia, IBB-UNESP Campus de Botucatu, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Bickerstaff JRM Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
• Bouchard P International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Singapore.
• Bour R Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France.
• Bourgoin T International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Singapore.
• Boyko CB Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States of America.
• Breure ASH Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
• Brothers DJ School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South Africa.
• Byng JW Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
• Campbell D Department of Natural Sciences, Gardner-Webb University, North Carolina, United States of America.
• Ceríaco LMP Department of Biology, Villanova University, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
• Cernák I Potato Research Center, Georgikon Faculty, University of Pannonia, Keszthely, Hungary.
• Cerretti P Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologia 'Charles Darwin', Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
• Chang CH Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, United States of America.
• Cho S Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea.
• Copus JM Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i, Hawai'i, United States of America.
• Costello MJ Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Cseh A Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary.
• Csuzdi C Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly University, Eger, Hungary.
• Culham A Herbarium, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom.
• D'Elía G Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.
• d'Udekem d'Acoz C Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.
• Daneliya ME Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
• Dekker R Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
• Dickinson EC Ornithological Nomenclature Expert.
• Dickinson TA Green Plant Herbarium, Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• van Dijk PP Nomenclature Specialist, CITES Animals Committee; Turtle Conservancy, New York, United States of America.
• Dijkstra KB Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
• Dima B Department of Plant Anatomy, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
• Dmitriev DA International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Singapore.
• Duistermaat L Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
• Dumbacher JP Institute of Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
• Eiserhardt WL Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, United Kingdom.
• Ekrem T NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
• Evenhuis NL Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Hawai'i, United States of America.
• Faille A Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
• Fernández-Triana JL Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ontario, Canada.
• Fiesler E Bioveyda Biodiversity Inventories and Research, California, United States of America.
• Fishbein M Department of Plant Biology, Ecology & Evolution and Herbarium, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma, United States of America.
• Fordham BG Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
• Freitas AVL Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Friol NR Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Fritz U Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen, Dresden, Germany.
• Frøslev T Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Funk VA Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, United States of America.
• Gaimari SD Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food and Agriculture, California, United States of America.
• Garbino GST PPG Zoologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
• Garraffoni ARS Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Geml J Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
• Gill AC Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• Gray A Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh Research Station, Scotland, United Kingdom.
• Grazziotin FG Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
• Greenslade P Environmental Management, School of Applied and Biomedical Science, Federation University, Victoria, Australia.
• Gutiérrez EE PPG Biodiversidade Animal, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
• Harvey MS International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Singapore.
• Hazevoet CJ Museu Nacional da História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
• He K The Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
• He X Finnish Museum of Natural History (Botany), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
• Helfer S Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
• Helgen KM School of Biological Sciences and Environment Institute, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
• van Heteren AH Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, München, Germany.
• Hita Garcia F Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
• Holstein N Nees Institut für Biodiversität der Pflanzen, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
• Horváth MK Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, University of Pannonia, Keszthely, Hungary.
• Hovenkamp PH Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
• Hwang WS Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
• Hyvönen J Department of Biosciences (Plant Biology), Viikki Plant Science Centre, Helsinki, Finland.
• Islam MB Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Colorado, United States of America.
• Iverson JB Department of Biology, Earlham College, Indiana, United States of America.
• Ivie MA Montana Entomology Collection, Montana State University, Montana, United States of America.
• Jaafar Z Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
• Jackson MD School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
• Jayat JP Instituto de Ambiente de Montaña y Regiones Áridas, Universidad Nacional de Chilecito, La Rioja, Argentina.
• Johnson NF Martha N. and John C. Moser Chair in Arthropod Systematics and Biological Diversity, The Ohio State University, Ohio, United States of America.
• Kaiser H Department of Biology, Victor Valley College, Victorville, California, United States of America.
• Klitgård BB Identification and Naming Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, United Kingdom.
• Knapp DG Department of Plant Anatomy, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
• Kojima JI International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Singapore.
• Kõljalg U Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
• Kontschán J Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
• Krell FT International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Singapore.
• Krisai-Greilhuber I Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria.
• Kullander S International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Singapore.
• Latella L Department of Zoology, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale of Verona, Verona, Italy.
• Lattke JE Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Paraná, Brazil.
• Lencioni V Sezione di Zoologia degli Invertebrati e Idrobiologia, MUSE-Museo delle Scienze di Trento, Trento, Italy.
• Lewis GP Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, United Kingdom.
• Lhano MG Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Ambientais e Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil.
• Lujan NK Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
• Luksenburg JA Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Virginia, United States of America.
• Mariaux J Natural History Museum of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Marinho-Filho J Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
• Marshall CJ Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State Arthropod Collection, Oregon State University, Oregon, United States of America.
• Mate JF Henares 16, Velilla de San Antonio, Madrid, Spain.
• McDonough MM Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States of America.
• Michel E Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.
• Miranda VFO Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Jaboticabal, Departamento de Biologia Aplicada à Agropecuária, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Mitroiu MD Faculty of Biology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Iași, Romania.
• Molinari J Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela.
• Monks S Laboratorio de Morfología Animal, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Hidalgo, México.
• Moore AJ Robert Bebb Herbarium (OKL), University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Biological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America.
• Moratelli R Fiocruz Mata Atlântica, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• Murányi D Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan.
• Nakano T Department of Science Education, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan.
• Nikolaeva S Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.
• Noyes J Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.
• Ohl M Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions-und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin, Germany.
• Oleas NH Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático (BioCamb) e Ingeniería en Biodiversidad y Recursos Genéticos, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador.
• Orrell T Integrated Taxonomic Information System, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States of America.
• Páll-Gergely B Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary.
• Pape T International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Singapore.
• Papp V Department of Botany, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary.
• Parenti LR Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States of America.
• Patterson D University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• Pavlinov IY Zoological Museum of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
• Pine RH Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Kansas, United States of America.
• Poczai P CITES Scientific Authority, Finnish Museum of Natural History (Botany), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
• Prado J Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Prathapan D Department of Entomology, Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala, India.
• Rabeler RK University of Michigan Herbarium EEB, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.
• Randall JE Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Hawai'i, United States of America.
• Rheindt FE International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Singapore.
• Rhodin AGJ Chelonian Research Foundation, Massachusetts, United States of America.
• Rodríguez SM Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.
• Rogers DC Kansas Biological Survey and the Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Kansas, United States of America.
• Roque FO Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
• Rowe KC Sciences Department, Museums Victoria, Victoria, Australia.
• Ruedas LA Department of Biology and Museum of Vertebrate Biology, Portland State University, Oregon, United States of America.
• Salazar-Bravo J Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Texas, United States of America.
• Salvador RB Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
• Sangster G Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Sarmiento CE Laboratorio de Sistemática y Biología Comparada de Insectos, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
• Schigel DS Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Schmidt S Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, München, Germany.
• Schueler FW Fragile Inheritance Natural History, Ontario, Canada.
• Segers H National Focal Point to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.
• Snow N Department of Biology, Pittsburg State University, Kansas, United States of America.
• Souza-Dias PGB Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Stals R Agricultural Research Council, Plant Protection Research Institute, South African National Collection of Insects, Queenswood, South Africa.
• Stenroos S Finnish Museum of Natural History (Botany), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
• Stone RD School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South Africa.
• Sturm CF Section of Mollusks, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
• Štys P Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Teta P Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 'Bernardino Rivadavia', Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Thomas DC National Parks Board, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
• Timm RM Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Kansas, United States of America.
• Tindall BJ International Committee on Bionomenclature, Braunschweig, Germany.
• Todd JA Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.
• Triebel D Botanische Staatssammlung München and SNSB IT Center, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, München, Germany.
• Valdecasas AG Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
• Vizzini A Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy.
• Vorontsova MS Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, United Kingdom.
• de Vos JM Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
• Wagner P Allwetterzoo Münster, Münster, Germany.
• Watling L Department of Biology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawai'i, United States of America.
• Weakley A UNC Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.
• Welter-Schultes F Abteilung Morphologie und Systematik der Tiere und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
• Whitmore D Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.
• Wilding N Unité Mixte de Recherche, Peuplements Végétaux et Bioaggresseurs en Milieu Tropical, Université de La Réunion, Ile de La Réunion, France.
• Will K Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America.
• Williams J Department of Biology, Hofstra University, New York, United States of America.
• Wilson K General Committee for Nomenclature [for algae, fungi and plants], Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, New South Wales, Australia.
• Winston JE International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Singapore.
• Wüster W Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom.
• Yanega D International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Singapore.
• Yeates DK Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
• Zaher H Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Zhang G School of Life Sciences, Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center, Hasbrouck Insect Collection, Arizona State University, Arizona, United States of America.
• Zhang ZQ Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Zhou HZ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Singapore.

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