[Taxacom] ICZN Opinion 105

[Robin Leech]

Why don't we wait for further comment from Stefan?
We seem to be spinning about answering questions between
ourselves, and not waiting for him to elaborate.
Robin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stefan Könemann" <koenemann at biologie.uni-siegen.de>
To: <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 2:24 AM
Subject: [Taxacom] ICZN Opinion 105


> Dear Taxacom members,
>
> I have a question regarding the nomenclature of  new species. We would
> like to name a new species (of Crustacea) after a person, who has
> supported research on this taxon. However, the family name is rather
> long, and we do not want to risk suppression of the name as has happened
> in the famous case of unusually long names assigned to Lake Baikal
> amphipods (ICZN Opinion 105).
>
> Is there a way to find out *a priori* whether the epithet might be too
> long or not, thus avoiding suppression of the publication?
>
>
> Stefan
>
> -- 
> ________________________________
>
> Stefan Koenemann
> Interim Professor for Molecular Biology
> Department of Biology
> Science and Technology
> University of Siegen
> Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2
> D-57068 Siegen
> Germany
> ________________________________
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