Plazi conflates host-parasite relation with synonymy

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Reporter: rdmpage
Type: Feedback
Summary: Plazi conflates host-parasite relation with synonymy
Priority: Major
Status: Reopened
Created: 2016-10-13 18:18:22.171
Updated: 2017-10-06 12:26:13.844
        
Description: A Plazi dataset "Checklist of helminth parasites of cetaceans from Brazil http://www.gbif.org/dataset/41051557-4724-4036-9a28-f89efae28726 conflates host-parasite relationships with synonymy. For example, the helminth _Anisakis physeteris_ http://www.gbif.org/species/119391944 is listed as a synonym of its host, the sperm whale _Physeter catodon_ !

In the Darwin Core archive _Physeter catodon_ is the accepted name for _Anisakis physeteris_. This is clearly nonsense, not sure whether only this data set is affected by this bug.]]>
    

Author: mdoering@gbif.org
Comment: I have forwarded the issue to Guido from Plazi
Created: 2016-10-13 21:13:36.499
Updated: 2016-10-13 21:13:36.499

Author: mdoering@gbif.org
Created: 2016-10-13 21:14:35.024
Updated: 2016-10-13 21:15:37.107
        
We discovered similar problems before that Guido solved. See http://dev.gbif.org/issues/browse/POR-3151

Since then we also ignore any synonym in Plazi when building the backbone