Our position paper on how to accelerate the scientific description of cryptic invertebrate species (Biology Letters 21(10): 2025038) has sparked a discussion. However, we have also noted that our idea has been misunderstood in some parts. We have therefore published a follow-up paper that we hope will present our approach even more clearly: Formalizing invertebrate cryptic species descriptions: clarifying a pragmatic DNA-based and stable nomenclatural framework.