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

[Fred Schueler]

On 4/13/2014 6:59 PM, Stephen Thorpe wrote:
> *specimen*, /n/. An example of an animal, or a fossil or work of an animal, or of a
> part of these.

* still, "example" does somewhat imply, though not explicitly, that the 
organismal whatever is in the possession of a Human Person.

fred.
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See Article 72.5 for the kinds of specimen eligible
>     to be name-bearing types of nominal species-group nominal taxa.
> 72.5. Eligibility as name-bearing types. Only the following are eligible
> to be a name-bearing type, or part of a name-bearing type, of a nominal
> species-group taxon:
> 72.5.1. an animal, or any part of an animal, or an example of the
> fossilized work of an animal, or of the work of an extant animal if the
> name based on it was established before 1931;
> 72.5.2. a colony of animals that exists in nature as a single entity,
> derived by asexual or vegetative multiplication from a single individual
> (e.g. a colony of cnidarians, such as corals), or part of such a colony;
> 72.5.3. in the case of fossils, a natural replacement, natural
> impression, natural mould, or natural cast of an animal or colony, or
> part of either;
> 72.5.4. in extant species of protistans, one or more preparations of
> directly related individuals representing differing stages in the life
> cycle (a hapantotype) [Art. 73.3
> <http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted-sites/iczn/code/index.jsp?nfv=true&article=73#3>];
> 72.5.5. a preparation for microscope examination (e.g. a "type slide")
> containing one or more individual organisms, in which the name-bearing
> types are clearly indicated and identifiable.
> Recommendation 72C. Marking of important individuals. Whenever possible,
> authors establishing new nominal species-group taxa based upon
> microscope preparations containing more than one specimen (a "type
> slide") should mark distinctly the locations of specimens which are
> considered to be of crucial importance in demonstrating the taxonomic
> characters.
> 72.5.6. In the case of a nominal species-group taxon based on an
> illustration or description, or on a bibliographic reference to an
> illustration or description, the name-bearing type is the specimen or
> specimens illustrated or described (and not the illustration or
> description itself).
> Note that I am not saying that the observational record is the holotype.
> I am saying that the individual turtle that was observed is the
> holotype. It is analogous to 72.5.6., though the Code does not
> explicitly mention a case of a nominal species-group taxon based on an
> observational record. The Code doesn't explicitly rule this out. The
> individual turtle has simply been designated (specified) by way of the
> observational record. The Code is silent on what modes of specification
> are allowable, so all are ..
> Stephen
>
> *From:* Fred Schueler <bckcdb at istar.ca>
> *To:* taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> *Sent:* Monday, 14 April 2014 10:43 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Taxacom] [iczn-list] provisions to the Code
>
> On 4/13/2014 5:05 PM, Stephen Thorpe wrote:
>  > None of this is relevant! Observational records or not, there is
> nothing in the Code which clearly invalidates Hoser's holotype
> designations! People are reading into the Code what suits their agenda,
> and not what is actually written!
>
> * How is "specimen" defined in the Code? It seems to me that a Bird
> that's captured, handled and photographed or drawn, and released with
> the recognition that it's part of a systematic investigation, and as a
> substitute for a preserved specimen (in the usual sense) is different
> from a basking Turtle that's merely snapped as a record of "occurrence."
>
> fred.
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