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Errata: 18 March 2015

Posted by maruggiero on 01 May 2015 at 15:01 GMT

READERS SHOULD NOTE THE FOLLOWING UPDATES TO THE PUBLISHED PAPER

SI Table 1 reflects the corrections made to Table 2 in the text on 18 March 2015.

Errata: 18 March 2015

Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, Cavalier-Smith T, Guiry MD, Kirk PM. (2015) A higher level classification of all living organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119248.

Corrections to Table 1:
There should be 352 classes instead of 351 and 1,468 orders instead of 1,467.

Corrections to Table 2:
1. In Archaea, Order N.N. (Methanocalculus) should be deleted.
2. In Bacteria, Chlorobia should be spelled Chlorobea; Pseudoanabaeniales should be spelled Pseudoanabaenales.
3. In Protozoa: Amoebozoa, Lucisporida should be spelled Lucisporidia, Columelida should be spelled Columellidia.
4. In Chromista: Hacrobia: Cryptista, Order Palpitida should be in Class Palpitea, not in Class Leucocryptea; Katablepharida should be spelled Kathablepharida.
5. In Chromista: Harosa: Miozoa: Dinozoa, Class Squirmidea and its Order Squirmida should be added to Phylum Perkinsozoa.
6. In Chromista: Harosa: Miozoa: Apicomplexa: Coccidea should be spelled Coccidia; Eimerida should be spelled Eimeriida; Agamococcidida should be replaced by Adeleida; Coleotrophia and Colelotrophiida should be spelled Coelotrophia and Coelotrophiida, respectively; Protococciida should be spelled Protococcidiida; Hemosporida should be spelled Haemosporida; Cryptogragaria should be spelled Cryptogregaria; Arthrogarida should be spelled Arthrogregarida.
7. In Chromista: Ochrophyta: Bacillariophycidae, Order Eupodiscales should be deleted (synonym of Triceratiales); Order Leptocylindrales should be added with Subclass Coscinodiscophycidae.
8. In Animalia: Annelida, Suborder Metagynaphora should be spelled Metagynophora and its Order Opistophophora should be spelled Opistophora. Orders Apododrilida, Capilloventrida, and Crassiclitellata should be deleted. Order Branchiobdellida should be moved within Clitellata, Subclass N.N.

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