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[Karl Magnacca]

On Wed, October 1, 2008 12:47 pm, Torbjorn Tyler wrote:
> Well, I suppose the question then is: Can you ever know enough about a
> presumed new species (to describe it) when there is only a single
> specimen of it available for study?

Sure.  Will you always know enough from one?  No.  But then, would you
always know enough if you had two specimens?  Three?  Ten?  A hundred? 
How do you know when you have enough?  It always comes down to a
judgement call.

Karl
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Karl Magnacca
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Zoology
Trinity College, Dublin 2
Ireland