Comments on the holotype of Alburnus kurui Mangit & Yerli 2018 and re-description of A. carianorum Freyhof, Kaya, Bayçelebi, Geiger & Turan, 2019 (Teleostei: Leuciscidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4550 (4) ◽  
pp. 594
Author(s):  
JÖRG FREYHOF ◽  
CÜNEYT KAYA ◽  
ESRA BAYÇELEBİ ◽  
MATTHIAS GEIGER ◽  
DAVUT TURAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Original Publication ◽  
A New Species

Article 16.4. of the International Code for Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN, 1999) requires that the fixation of name-bearing types for a new species to be explicit: “Every new specific and subspecific name published after 1999, except a new replacement name…, must be accompanied in the original publication 16.4.1. by the explicit fixation of a holotype,…..and 16.4.2. where the holotype or syntypes are extant specimens, by 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.” That means that for species described after 1999, the holotype must be finally deposited in a collection and it is obligatory to indicate the name of the collection and where it is located. 

A note on the nomenclature of Stylodactylus gracilis Cleva, 2008 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Stylodactylidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1853 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
RÉGIS CLEVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Nomen Nudum ◽  
Original Publication ◽  
A New Species

Article 16.4.2 of the International Code for Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999) states that for a new species name published after 1999 to be regarded as available, it must be accompanied in the original publication “where the holotype or syntypes are extant specimens, by 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”. In the recent paper by Cleva (2008) treating several species of stylodactylid and bathypalaemonellid shrimps from the Philippines, a new species, Stylodactylus gracilis Cleva, 2008, was described. Although it was mentioned in the introduction that the material from this study will be deposited in three museums in the Philippines, Taiwan and France, the precise depository for the holotype of Stylodactylus gracilis Cleva, 2008, was inadvertently omitted (Cleva 2008: 32, figs. 1, 3A). This unfortunate lapsus makes the name Stylodactylus gracilis Cleva, 2008, a nomen nudum.

Validation of Spadella kappae Schmidt-Rhaesa & Vieler, a small benthic chaetognath from Roscoff, France (Chaetognatha)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4759 (2) ◽  
pp. 300-300
Author(s):  
ANDREAS SCHMIDT-RHAESA ◽  
VERA VIELER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Present Note ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Print Version ◽  
Journal Issue ◽  
New Name ◽  
Registration Number ◽  
A New Species

Schmidt-Rhaesa & Vieler (2018) described a new species of benthic chaetognath, Spadella kappae, collected by meiofaunal sampling near Roscoff, France. Although the description and figures presented by Schmidt-Rhaesa & Vieler (2018) fully characterize the new species, the journal issue in which the description appeared was published online-only, with no print version, and the article in which the new name appeared did not include a ZooBank registration number for the article (LSID), required for validation of new species names in electronic-only publications (ICZN 2012). As a result, the name Spadella kappae Schmidt-Rhaesa & Vieler, 2018, as published in Cahiers de Biologie Marine 59: 257–265, is not available according the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, hereafter, the Code (ICZN 1999, 2012). Therefore, the present note serves to validate the name Spadella kappae by fulfilling Code conditions for nomenclatural availability. The date and authorship of the specific name, accordingly, are those of this note, not Schmidt-Rhaesa & Vieler (2018). 

A name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) revisited

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3640 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
HEOK HEE NG ◽  
MAURICE KOTTELAT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
New Name ◽  
A New Species

We recently described a new species of catfish, Kryptopterus vitreolus (see Ng & Kottelat, 2013). Although the abstract, the introduction and the running title of that work made it clear that it was a new species, some may argue that the name is unavailable because it is not accompanied by the magic words ‘new species’. Article 16.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (hereafter the Code) requires that in order to be available a new name “must be explicitly indicated as intentionally new”. Although our study explained that the species had no name and went on to provide a description and propose a name for it, we inadvertently omitted to accompany the name with the words “new species”, leaving room for argument that the name is technically unavailable in terms of Art. 16.1 of the Code.

Validation of Shoemakerella fissipro Ortiz, Capetillo & Winfield, from the Gulf of California, northeastern Pacific Ocean (Amphipoda: Amphilochidea: Lysianassidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4728 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-150
Author(s):  
MANUEL ORTIZ ◽  
NORBERTO CAPETILLO ◽  
IGNACIO WINFIELD
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
Present Note ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Journal Issue ◽  
Northeastern Pacific ◽  
Registration Number ◽  
A New Species

Ortiz et al. (2018) described a new species of lysianassid amphipod, Shoemakerella fissipro, from Gulf of California, northeastern Pacific Ocean. Although the description and figures presented by Ortiz et al. (2018) fully characterize the new species, the journal issue in which the description appeared was published online only, and the article in which the new name appeared did not include a ZooBank registration number (LSID), required for validation of new names in electronic-only publications (ICZN 2012). As a result, the name Shoemakerella fissipro Ortiz, Capetillo & Winfield, 2018, as published in Cahiers de Biologie Marine 59: 599–605, is not available according the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999, 2012). Therefore, the present note serves to validate name Shoemakerella fissipro by fulfilling ICZN conditions for nomenclatural availability. 

The correct spelling of the nomen of the lost shark Carcharhinus obsolerus White, Kyne & Harris, 2019 (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhinidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4657 (3) ◽  
pp. 599-600
Author(s):  
WILLIAM T. WHITE ◽  
PETER M. KYNE ◽  
MARK HARRIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
International Code ◽  
Correct Spelling ◽  
A New Species

White et al. (2019) described a new species of whaler shark represented by only three specimens from South-east Asia, all collected prior to 1934. They proposed the nomen Carcharhinus obsolerus with the justification of: “The specific name is Latin for ‘extinct’ (obsolerus) in allusion to the fact that the species has not been recorded in many decades.” Dubois & Séret (2019) stated that the epithet obsolerus was “doubtless” an incorrect spelling which must be corrected to obsoletus. However, the Dubois & Séret (2019) publication becomes confusing in its discussion around the wording of the related Articles in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (32.2, 33.2 and 32.5) and lacks a clear conclusion.

The name Synallaxis whitneyi Pacheco and Gonzaga, 1995, is not a synonym of Synallaxis cinereus Wied, 1831 (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1166 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
RENATA STOPIGLIA ◽  
MARCOS A. RAPOSO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
New Name ◽  
Nomen Novum ◽  
A New Species

Synallaxis whitneyi Pacheco and Gonzaga, 1995, was described from specimens collected in Bahia, Brazil. Some years later, following analysis of the specimens used by Wied (1831) to describe Synallaxis cinereus, Whitney and Pacheco (2001) considered S. whitneyi a junior synonym of S. cinereus because three of the specimens in Wied’s series were identical to those collected in Bahia by Pacheco and Gonzaga (1995). They also designated a lectotype for Synallaxis cinereus. Our analysis of the description of Synallaxis cinereus reveals that Wied was merely providing a new name for Parulus ruficeps Spix, 1824, to avoid problems of homonymy (Wied 1831). The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is explicit in such cases, stating that if an author proposes a new species-group name as a replacement (nomen novum) for an earlier available one, then the two names are objective synonyms and have the same name-bearing type. Thus, the syntypes of S. cinereus are the specimens previously used by Spix in describing Parulus ruficeps and not those used by Wied (1831) in his description (and subsequently referred to as syntypes in the literature). The lectotype of Synallaxis cinereus proposed by Whitney and Pacheco (2001) is invalid, as it is not a former syntype. Therefore, the correct name for the Bahia Spinetail is Synallaxis whitneyi Pacheco and Gonzaga, 1995.

Validation of Discolopeus Stiller, 2019 and corrections to figures

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4585 (1) ◽  
pp. 189 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL STILLER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
International Commission ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Original Publication

Stiller (2019) described a new leafhopper genus, Discolopeus, with nine new species, but the original publication did not satisfy the criteria for availability for the proposed new taxa because repositories were not indicated for primary types as required by Article 16.4.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1999). The previously published (Stiller 2019) names are validated below and additional errors and omissions in the original figures are corrected. 

Validation of Owenia vieitezi Díaz-Díaz, Parapar & Moreira, a polychaete from the coast of Venezuela (Annelida: Oweniidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4729 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-146
Author(s):  
OSCAR FELIPE DÍAZ-DÍAZ ◽  
JULIO PARAPAR ◽  
JUAN MOREIRA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Present Note ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
Western Coast ◽  
International Code ◽  
Journal Issue ◽  
The North ◽  
Registration Number ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

Díaz-Díaz et al. (2018) described a new species of oweniid polychaete, Owenia vieitezi, from the north-western coast of the Gulf of Venezuela, Caribbean Sea. Although the description and figures presented by Díaz-Díaz et al. (2018) fully characterize the new species, the journal issue in which the description appeared was published online only and the article in which the new name appeared did not include a ZooBank registration number (LSID), required for validation of new species names in electronic-only publications (ICZN 2012). As a result, the name Owenia vieitezi Díaz-Díaz, Parapar & Moreira, 2018, as published in Cahiers de Biologie Marine 59: 589–597, is not available according the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999, 2012). Therefore, the present note serves to validate the name Owenia vieitezi by fulfilling the ICZN conditions for nomenclatural availability. 

Correct spelling of a recently described species of Helobdella (Annelida: Clitellata: Hirudinea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4571 (2) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
NAIM SAGLAM ◽  
ULRICH KUTSCHERA ◽  
RALPH SAUNDERS ◽  
WILLIAM M. SAIDEL ◽  
KATHERINE L.W. BALOMBINI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Correct Spelling ◽  
A New Species

In a recently published article (Saglam et al. 2018) the name of a new species of Hirudinea (Annelida, Clitellata) was simultaneously published in three different ways, as Helobdella serendipitious (Saglam et al. 2018: 61, 70, 71, 73), Helobdella serendipitous (ibid.: 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74), and as Helobdella serendipidous (ibid.: 75). Acting as first reviser according to Article 24 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999) here we determine serendipitous as the correct spelling of the species epitheton. 

Kottelatlimia hipporhynchos, a new species of loach from southern Borneo (Teleostei: Cobitidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1967 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAURICE KOTTELAT ◽  
HEOK HUI TAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Median Lobe ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Lower Lip ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
A New Species

Kottelatlimia hipporhynchos, new species, is described from the Sampit, Kahayan and Kapuas drainages, southern Borneo. It is distinguished from its congeners by the extreme development of the papillae on all mouth parts (lips, barbels, lobes), including very long papillae along the anterior edge of the main digitation of the median lobe of the lower lip; a longer snout; more vertebrae; and the upper 3–4 principal caudal-fin rays adjacent along proximal 1/4–1/3. Sexual dimorphism of the pectoral fin of Acantopsis and Neoeucirrhichthys is briefly discussed. The identity and nomenclatural status of Cobitis barbatuloides and Cobitichthys are discussed; they apparently belong to the genus Lepidocephalichthys, which is given precedence under article 23.9.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.

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