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Taxonomic practice, creativity and fashion: what's in a spider name?

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Mammola, Stefano, Viel, Nathan, Amiar, Dylan, Mani, Atishya, Hervé, Christophe, Heard, Stephen B., Fontaneto, Diego, Pétillon, Julien (2023): Taxonomic practice, creativity and fashion: what's in a spider name? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 198 (2): 494-508, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac097, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/198/2/494/7035017

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