[tdwg-content] Name is species concept thinking

[Mark Wilden]

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Richard Pyle <deepreef at bishopmuseum.org> wrote:

> P.S. As far as we know, the ultimate circumscription is a subatomic
> particle, with layers of atoms, molecules, organelles, cells, and organs
> below the specimen-level circumsctiption... :-)

I don't think that's the case, actually. A specific ant is a
member/instance/kind of Formicidae, but a specific atom in that ant is
not.

///ark