[Taxacom] ICZN Opinion 105

[Frank.Krell at dmns.org]

This Opinion was published in 1941. I am pretty sure that new names, published in a code-compliant way (i.e. following the Articles of the Code), won't be suppressed nowadays just because they seem to be too long or too complicated. I can't speak for the whole Commission, but I think there is a general agreement not to restrict the freedom of the author in creating new names.

Still, try to avoid misanthropic name, but if you want to use such names, it is unlikely that the Commission would stop you.

Frank


Dr Frank T. Krell 
Curator of Entomology 
Commissioner, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
Chair, ICZN ZooBank Committee
Department of Zoology 
Denver Museum of Nature & Science 
2001 Colorado Boulevard 
Denver, CO 80205-5798 USA 
Frank.Krell at dmns.org 
Phone: (+1) (303) 370-8244 
Fax: (+1) (303) 331-6492 
http://www.dmns.org/science/museum-scientists/frank-krell
lab page: http://www.dmns.org/krell-lab





-----Original Message-----
From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Stefan Könemann
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 2:25 AM
To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
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

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University of Siegen
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