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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 17:55:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: "T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>
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Cc: -PhyloCode Mailing List- <PhyloCode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: Vermes
cross-posted to the PhyloCode Mailing List On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Mark Siddall wrote: > If phylodoce goes forward, as some like to think it should, I will name Boa > constrictor Isn't it _Constrictor constrictor_ now? > and Lumbricus terrestris as the two taxa (node based definition) > of the newly established Vermes. The companion volume might well establish _Coelomata_ as a heterodefinitional senior synonym. See also Recommendation 9C. This relates to a current discussion on the PhyloCode Mailing List. It seems like it might be a good idea to advance a Recommendation for not converting paraphyletic taxa when there is a pre-existing name for the monophyletic group (e.g., don't expand _Amphibia_ when _Tetrapoda_ is available). Maybe there should also be one against conversions that drastically change membership. Not sure how this should be worded, though -- tricky. _____________________________________________________________________________ T. MICHAEL KEESEY Home Page <http://dinosauricon.com/keesey> The Dinosauricon <http://dinosauricon.com> personal <keesey@bigfoot.com> --> <tmk@dinosauricon.com> Dinosauricon-related <dinosaur@dinosauricon.com> AOL Instant Messenger <Ric Blayze> ICQ <77314901> Yahoo! Messenger <Mighty Odinn>