Emendation (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, emendations are intentional alterations made to the spelling of taxon names. In bacteriological nomenclature, emendations are made to the circumscription of a taxon.[1]

All emendations are considered by default to be available names. An emendation may be "justified" (when the original spelling is demonstrably incorrect under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature,[2] Article 32.5),[3] or it may be "unjustified" (if the change violates the rules of the Code).[2][a] A justified emendation is different from a "mandatory change" only in that the latter is required by the Code, under Article 34.[2][b] An unjustified emendation is different from an "incorrect subsequent spelling" in that the latter is an unintentional change, while an emendation is explicitly intentional, and in that an incorrect subsequent spelling is not automatically considered to be an available name.[2][c]

  1. ^ Lapage, S.; Sneath, P.; Lessel, E.; Skerman, V.; Seeliger, H.; Clark, W., eds. (1992), "Rules of Nomenclature with Recommendations", International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria: Bacteriological Code (1990 revision ed.), Washington, DC: ASM Press, Rule 35, archived from the original on 5 April 2016, retrieved 27 October 2016
  2. ^ a b c d International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1999. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. 4th ed. London: The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. ISBN 0-85301-006-4
  3. ^ "Article 32 of the ICZN". ICZN. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014.


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