Taxacom: question on taxonomic authority

[Rosenberg,Gary]

Hi Tony,

I think you are correct. I was misled by online definitions that didn’t mention the changed suffix.

Best wishes,
Gary

From: Tony Rees <tonyrees49 at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2024 6:00 PM
To: Rosenberg,Gary <rosenberg.ansp at drexel.edu>; taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
Subject: Re: Taxacom: question on taxonomic authority


External.
With all due respect to Gary, I do not think "nomen translatum" is applicable in this case (or any others in the species- and genus- groups); it is applied when the name itself has been changed (i.e., different termination) to denote the changed rank. The only cases in which this applies is in the family-group, where the termination itself is indicative of the rank of the name.

I do not see "nomen translatum" defined anywhere in the Code, but in Hawksworth, 2010, "Terms used in Bionomenclature", it is stated:
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nomen translatum, [nom. trans.]: (zool.) a name that has been changed in hierarchical rank with a changed suffix.
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I believe the above to be the correct usage of that term.

Regards - Tony


On Mon, 15 Jan 2024 at 06:47, Rosenberg,Gary via Taxacom <taxacom at lists.ku.edu<mailto:taxacom at lists.ku.edu>> wrote:
The name resulting from a change in rank is sometimes called a "nomen translatum", but, as Thomas said, such a change does not constitute a nomenclatural act under ICZN4. In the World Register of Marine Species, "superseded rank" is one of the reasons one can state for a name not being the current name.

Best wishes,
Gary