[Taxacom] Ornamental flourishes

[Elena Kupriyanova]

Geoff,

Why not? We (mostly) have fun doing our research, why don't we reflect in in our paper's title
(A confession - I am guilty as charged because I currently work on two manuscripts with embellished titles)
Lena

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Subject: [Taxacom] Ornamental flourishes

Do taxacomers approve of paper titles which preface the nitty-gritty of the descriptive part with an adaption of a cliche phrase such as those below?

At the bottom of the deep blue sea: a new wood-boring bivalve (Mollusca, Pholadidae, Xylophaga) from the Cape Verde Abyssal Plain (subtropical
Atlantic)

Between a whale bone and the deep blue sea: the provenance of dwarf males in whale bone‐eating tubeworms

These two aren't bad actually, having some wit & relevance, but is this 'lightening up' with embellishments a phenomenon to be encouraged? It seems to be getting more common. I suppose it can make a paper more memorable if original.

Here's another ocean-related one.

Descending into the abyss: Bathymetric patterns of diversity in decapod crustaceans shift with taxonomic level and life strategies.

Geoff


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