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Nomenclature (was Re: Pseudepiplatys annulatus) (384 words) |
 | John, there *is* an International Committee for Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) < http://www.iczn.org/index.htm > that keeps such things straight for us (and particularly the scientists and researchers). |
| ICZN is fairly rigid about not confusing the scientific community by *reusing* a generic name to describe different fish than were called that in earlier literature. |
| Fighting with ICZN over nomenclature is just an exercise in futility that hurts the hobby more than them. |
| Naming a Shell (2504 words) |
| The ICZN establishes the rules for taxonomy; rules like the earliest name takes precedence (with some exceptions only the ICZN can allow), there must be a photograph accompanying a new species description, and it has to be published in hard copy, publicly available and in sufficient copies. |
| ICZN judgement of your article is pretty much limited to the validity of the name and will not be applied to the validity of your research. |
| The ICZN as adopted rules for partial electronic publication by allowing that a work may be valid if it is deposited on a disk or CD at five different libraries and is thus "permanent" and accessible. |
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