Kamptozoa/Entoprocta

[Ken Kinman]

Chris,
      Entoprocta Nitsche, 1870
      Kamptozoa Cori, 1929
Priority is not an issue for zoological taxa of ordinal, class, or phylum
levels, the ICZN leaving it up to individuals to decide what to use.  I used
Phylum Entoprocta, not because it has priority, but because it is better
known than Kamptozoa (or Calyssozoa).
      I think the main objection to Entoprocta is potential confusion since
it so similar to the name Ectoprocta (also named by Nitsche in 1870).
However, I prefer Nitsche's terminology because the names explicitly tell
you whether the anus arises inside or outside the lophophore (sensu lato).
However, when I speak of them in the vernacular, I call them entoprocts and
bryozoans.
               ----Cheers, Ken Kinman

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>From: Christoffer Schander <c.schander at ZOOL.GU.SE>
>Reply-To: Christoffer Schander <c.schander at ZOOL.GU.SE>
>To: TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG
>Subject: Kamptozoa/Entoprocta
>Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 15:43:01 -0300
>
>Hi taxacommers,
>
>could anybody help me with the author and year for Kamptozoa and
>Entoprocta, and tell me why one name is to prefer over the other, if
>priority is not the issue.
>
>Chris
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>Christoffer Schander, PhD
>Associate Professor
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>University of Copenhagen
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