Abstract
With the publication of the first eukaryotic species description, combining transcriptomic, DNA barcoding, and micro-CT imaging data, GigaScience and Pensoft demonstrate how classical taxonomic description of a new species can be enhanced by applying new generation molecular methods, and novel computing and imaging technologies. This 'holistic’ approach in taxonomic description of a new species of cave-dwelling centipede is published in the Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ), with coordinated data release in the GigaScience GigaDB database.
Highlights
The challenge While much has been written on the data deluge in genomics, biodiversity research has undergone a similar explosion in the throughput and volume of data produced
Free and open access to this data is essential for informed decision-making on conservation issues. Much of this growth has been led by advances in DNA barcoding, and by combining bulksampling with genomic technology, the technique of metabarcoding will increase this flood of data even further
* Correspondence: scott@gigasciencejournal.com 1GigaScience, BGI HK Ltd., Tai Po, Hong Kong Full list of author information is available at the end of the article taxa that are not identified to a known species, either because they are new to science, or because the specimen has never been identified
Summary
The challenge While much has been written on the data deluge in genomics, biodiversity research has undergone a similar explosion in the throughput and volume of data produced. * Correspondence: scott@gigasciencejournal.com 1GigaScience, BGI HK Ltd., Tai Po, Hong Kong Full list of author information is available at the end of the article taxa that are not identified to a known species, either because they are new to science, or because the specimen has never been identified.
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