[Taxacom] New species/taxon descriptions—compatibility with ICZN: question

Thu Aug 12 00:59:38 CDT 2021

As for availability, every new specific and subspecific name of an animal published after 1999, except new replacement names, must be accompanied in the original publication by the explicit fixation of a holotype, or syntypes, and there must be a statement of intent that they will be (or are) deposited in a collection and a statement indicating the name and location of that collection.

This holds for names in any published work, whether electronically or paper-based.

I did not find that information in the paper (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/zsc.12510).

/Thomas 

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From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> On Behalf Of Scott Thomson via Taxacom
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To: Luis Ruedas <ruedas at pdx.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Taxacom] New species/taxon descriptions—compatibility with ICZN: question

Well thanks Luis for sending it to me.

I looked it up the name is not registered in Zoobank though the Journal is:
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:949E0EF9-5E39-4C8B-914A-C123FFC13302 it also has an ISSN recorded in ZooBank and on Wiley Online ISSN:1463-6409 which indicates it is an online Journal and hence subject to Art 8.5.3. The registration and the ISSN is not indicated in the article itself. I had to find those out by searching. The Journal has no website of its own so had to do this through Wiley, Zoobank and the Norwegian Academy of Sciences. To me it failed Art 8.5.3 and hence the name is unavailable.

Further to this the attached supplementary data is an unpaginated word doc that by looking at the site where it can be downloaded offers the option to check for updates, so it can be assumed this may not be a stable version.
There seems to be little guarantees on the permanence of this document.
There is no date in the supplementary materials where the description is contained, there is in the main paper, since the actual nomenclatural description is in the supps I would think it needs to be dated too, so we know its a permanent record, though maybe others may differ on that opinion.

In summary to me it is an unavailable name in its current state.

Cheers Scott

On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 11:20 AM Luis Ruedas via Taxacom < taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:

> All (particularly commissionaires on the list):
>
> A question has come up among the mammalian taxonomy community 
> regarding the validity of certain names that have been recently.  I'll 
> use one example explicitly, but there are others.
>
> A new species of rodent in the genus *Phyllootis* was published in 
> Zoologica Scripta 
> (https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi
> .org%2F10.1111%2Fzsc.12510&data=04%7C01%7Ctpape%40snm.ku.dk%7C2db5
> f06721d341f0314b08d95d16ce46%7Ca3927f91cda14696af898c9f1ceffa91%7C0%7C
> 0%7C637643176133680060%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJ
> QIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=Po82aqxOW
> s9c8pwRWhX3rEqqEUAS8TB3jyYflcshdmg%3D&reserved=0).  However, the 
> published paper does not name the species, but rather refers to it 
> throughout as *Phyllotis* sp. 2 (based on a previous paper describing 
> phylogenetic relationships in the genus (DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12472).  The 
> authors conclude a section noting that,
>
> Here, we describe and compare this new entity with related species of 
> the *P*. *xanthopygus* complex (Supplementary Material S6).  The new 
> name was regis-tered in the Official Register of Zoological 
> Nomenclature (ZooBank) with number LSID 
> urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E39D9E98- CC02- 4D2E- AC32- 3573136FE6EE.
>
> The actual description, however, is, as the authors noted, in the 
> supplementary materials.  However, those SD are in a Word file, which 
> it seems to me violates ICZN 8.1.3.2.  Other taxa similarly described 
> in non-immutable format include *Solenodon paradoxus haitiensis* and 
> *Antillomys rayi*.
>
> To complicate matters in the present instance, the journal in 
> question, Zoologica Scripta, indicated in a letter to one of the 
> authors that it is the policy of the journal that species descriptions 
> be in a supplementary materials file, and that:
>
> Description of taxa: Names of new taxa must be mentioned in the 
> abstract and in the main manuscript text but the actual detailed 
> descriptions must be provided as supplementary material. In order to 
> comply with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) 
> the following points must be addressed:
>
> 1) The publication must be registered in Official Register of 
> Zoological Nomenclature (ZooBank) 
> (https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fzoob
> ank.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ctpape%40snm.ku.dk%7C2db5f06721d341f0314b08d95d16ce46%7Ca3927f91cda14696af898c9f1ceffa91%7C0%7C0%7C637643176133680060%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=ylpZgGuzTLCWvH%2FaG4pKkFEr52o5uzmzg%2BVmQgE80Nw%3D&reserved=0) prior to being published in the sense of the Code.
> 2) Evidence of registration must be included within the publication 
> itself, which is most commonly the registration number assigned to the 
> publication or to a new name in that publication.
> 3) The ZooBank record must include an ISSN (or ISBN) for the journal 
> (or
> book) in which the work will appear.
> 4) The ZooBank record must include an intended online archive, 
> preferably indicated for the Journal itself as this will then cover 
> all subsequent articles, but it may be given for specific articles as well.
> 5) A date of publication (preferably including day, month and year) 
> must be included within the publication itself."
>
> So my question is: is this a valid name or does it violate The Code?
> Insights welcome.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Luis
>
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> Luis A. Ruedas, Ph.D.
> Professor of Biology
> Portland State University
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