[Taxacom] Nomina nuda and genbank?

[Sergio Vargas]

Then...

> I can only answer for zoology. It is a nomen nudum if it is published somewhere in a paper-based publication without having met
> the ICZN Code provisions for new names, and it is unavailable. So as soon as you mention it by citing it from GenBank, it becomes a
> nomen nudum. A nomen nudum has no author and date - the next person mentioning this name will produce a new nomen nudum.

this is kind of funny! If the name is only in a "genbank label" is
unavailable, and when I mention in a paper: "the name Patito feo,
referring to accession number xXXXX, is a nomen nudum", I am pointing
to something I have just created by adding ink to the soup. or?

Interesting!

thanks for all the answers

sergio