| Description |
xxix, 306 pages ; 25 cm |
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Machine derived contents note: INTERNATIONAL CODE OF ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE -- Preamble -- Chapter 1. Zoological Nomenclature -- Article 1. Definition and scope -- Article 2. Admissibility of certain names in zoological -- nomenclature -- Article 3. Starting point -- Chapter 2. The number of words in the scientific names of -- animals -- Article 4. Names of taxa at ranks above the species group -- Article 5. Principle of Binominal Nomenclature -- Article 6. Interpolated names -- Chapter 3. Criteria of publication -- Article 7. Application -- Article 8. What constitutes published work -- Article 9. What does not constitute published work -- Chapter 4. Criteria of availability -- Article 10. Provisions conferring availability -- Article 11. Requirements -- Article 12. Names published before 1931 -- Article 13. Names published after 1930 -- Article 14. Anonymous authorship of names and -- nomenclatural acts -- Article 15. Names and nomenclatural acts published after 1960 -- Article 16. Names published after 1999 -- Article 17. Names found to denote more than one taxon, or -- taxa of hybrid origin, or based on parts or -- stages of animals or on unusual specimens -- Article 18. Inappropriate and tautonymous names -- Article 19. Status of emendations, incorrect spellings, and -- -- -- -- mandatory changes -- Article 20. Genus-group names ending in -ites, -ytes or -ithes -- given to fossils -- Chapter 5. Date of publication -- Article 21. Determination of date -- Article 22. Citation of date -- Chapter 6. Validity of names and nomenclatural acts -- Article 23. Principle of Priority -- Article 24. Precedence between simultaneously published -- names, spellings or acts -- Chapter 7. Formation and treatment of names -- Article 25. Formation and treatment of names -- Article 26. Assumption of Greek or Latin in scientific names -- Article 27. Diacritic and other marks -- Article 28. Initial letters -- Article 29. Family-group names -- Article 30. Gender of genus-group names -- Article 31. Species-group names -- Article 32. Original spellings -- Article 33. Subsequent spellings -- Article 34. Mandatory changes in spelling consequent upon -- changes in rank or combination -- Chapter 8. Family-group nominal taxa and their names -- Article 35. The family group -- Article 36. Principle of Coordination -- Article 37. Nominotypical taxa -- Article 38. Homonymy between family-group names -- Article 39. Invalidity due to homonymy or suppression of the -- name of the type genus -- Article 40. Synonymy of the type genus -- Article 41. Misidentified type genera and overlooked type -- fixations -- Chapter 9. Genus-group nominal taxa and their names -- Article 42. The genus group -- Article 43. Principle of Coordination -- Article 44. Nominotypical taxa -- Chapter 10. Species-group nominal taxa and their names -- -- -- -- Article 45. The species group -- Article 46. Principle of Coordination -- Article 47. Nominotypical taxa -- Article 48. Change of generic assignment -- Article 49. Use of species-group names wrongly applied -- through misidentification -- Chapter 11. Authorship -- Article 50. Authors of names and nomenclatural acts -- Article 51. Citation of names of authors -- Chapter 12. Homonymy -- Article 52. Principle of Homonymy -- Article 53. Definitions of homonymy in the family group, -- genus group and species group -- Article 54. Names that do not enter into homonymy -- Article 55. Family-group names -- Article 56. Genus-group names -- Article 57. Species-group names -- Article 58. Variant spellings of species-group names deemed -- to be identical -- Article 59. Validity of secondary homonyms -- Article 60. Replacement of junior homonyms -- Chapter 13. The type concept in nomenclature -- Article 61. Principle of Typification -- Chapter 14. Types in the family group -- Article 62. Application -- Article 63. Name-bearing types -- Article 64. Choice of type genus -- Article 65. Identification of the type genus -- Chapter 15. Types in the genus group -- Article 66. Application -- Article 67. General provisions -- Article 68. Type species fixed in the original publication -- Article 69. Type species not fixed in the original publication -- Article 70. Identification of the type species -- Chapter 16. Types in the species group -- Article 71. Application -- Article 72. General provisions -- -- -- -- Article 73. Name-bearing types fixed in the original -- publication (holotypes and syntypes) -- Article 74. Name-bearing types fixed subsequently from the -- type series (lectotypes from syntypes) -- Article 75. Neotypes -- Article 76. Type locality -- Chapter 17. The International Commission on Zoological -- Nomenclature -- Article 77. Relation of Commission to international bodies -- from which it derives functions and powers -- Article 78. Powers and duties of the Commission -- Article 79. List of Available Names in Zoology -- Article 80. Status of actions of the Commission -- Article 81. Use of the Plenary Power -- Article 82. Status of case under consideration -- Article 83. Obligations and discretion of the Commission -- Article 84. Constitution and Bylaws -- Chapter 18. Regulations governing this Code -- Article 85. Title and authorship -- Article 86. Effective date and force of the Code -- Article 87. Official Texts -- Article 88. Application of the Code -- Article 89. Interpretation of the Code -- Article 90. Amendments of the Code -- Glossary -- Summary of the status of works, names and nomenclatural acts -- Appendices -- Appendix A. Code of Ethics -- Appendix B. General Recommendations |
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"The provisions of this code supersede those of the previous editions with effect from 1 January 2000." |
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"This code has been adopted by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature and has been ratified by the Executive Committee of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) acting on behalf of the Union's General Assembly"--Explanatory note |
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Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Includes indexes |
| Notes |
Also available via the World Wide Web |
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In English and French |
| Subject |
Animals -- Nomenclature.
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Zoology.
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| Genre/Form |
Terminology.
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| Author |
Ride, W. D. L.
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International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature.
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International Union of Biological Sciences. General Assembly (1998)
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Natural History Museum (London, England)
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| LC no. |
2001347021 |
| ISBN |
0853010064 |
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