[Taxacom] [iczn-list] provisions to the Code

[Philipp Wagner]

Dear Adam,

of course it must not be a dead specimen, it can be a 
living specimen in captivity or even an illustrated 
specimen. But it is impossible to fix an observed specimen 
because you cannot link it with an individual, especially 
if it is a secondary observation.

Philipp


> Dr. Wagner,
> 
> Please read 16.4.2 again. It is not about extant 
>species, it is about extant 
> SPECIMENS, ie ones preserved in a collection somewhere, 
>not live ones 
> running, flying or swimming around.
> 
> There is nothing in the ICZN Code that states that the 
>holotype must be a 
> dead specimen.
> 
> Of course it is preferable that a dead specimen or a 
>sample of its tissue 
> should be designated as holotype, but failure to provide 
>a specimen or 
> sample per se does not invalidate the name.
> 
> Adam. 
> 
> 
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