Variability among taxonomists in helminth species discrimination decisions: a noise audit

Robert Poulin et al. Int J Parasitol. 2025.

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Variability among taxonomists in helminth species discrimination decisions: a noise audit - PubMed

Determining whether or not superficially similar helminth specimens belong to the same species can be challenging, even for expert taxonomists. The possibility of cryptic species and host-induced morphological variation, combined with the lack of universally accepted thresholds for what can be consi …

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