Loch Ness Monster - illustration as type

[Mike Fitton]

Taxacomers

A small note for those who are not familiar with the IntCodeZooNom:

In Zoology an illustration CANNOT be a type. The specimen illustrated is
the type. ICZN Articles 72(c)(v) and 74(c).

 ... "the specimen illustrated or described and not the illustration or the
description"

 ... "the fact that the specimen cannot be traced does not itself
invalidate the designation"

Mike
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Dr M.G. Fitton
Head of Collections Management Division
Dept of Entomology
The Natural History Museum
LONDON SW7 5BD
UK

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