International Code of Zoological Nomenclature¶
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. (1999). International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
Cited by¶
5 citations across 5 artifacts.
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Primes¶
- Appellation
- In scientific nomenclature, binomial names, gene symbols, systematic chemical names, and astronomical designations are each an authoritative binding permitting global coordination.
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The ICZN Code supports only the binomial-name leg: authoritative zoological names for global use. It says nothing of gene symbols, chemical names or astronomical designations.
“The objects of the Code are to promote stability and universality in the scientific names of animals and to ensure that the name of each taxon is unique and distinct.”
- In scientific nomenclature, binomial names, gene symbols, systematic chemical names, and astronomical designations are each an authoritative binding permitting global coordination.
- Naming Convention
- In biological nomenclature, binomial names, gene symbols, and strain designations each have explicit minting rules and an authority enforcing them.
This sourceThe authoritative rule-set governing the formation, uniqueness, and priority of binomial animal names — a worked instance of a generator-grammar-uniqueness-commitment naming convention with an enforcing authority.
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The ICZN Code is an explicit minting rulebook with a governing Commission, backing the binomial-names leg only; gene symbols and strain designations are not covered.
“The Code provides guidance for zoologists needing to establish new names, and rules to determine whether any name, previously proposed, is available”
- In biological nomenclature, binomial names, gene symbols, and strain designations each have explicit minting rules and an authority enforcing them.
- Retired Term
- In biological nomenclature, superseded names persist as synonyms in name registries, so papers citing an old binomial remain resolvable to the currently accepted taxon.
This sourceGoverns synonymy under the Principle of Priority so that superseded names persist as junior synonyms and prior citations remain resolvable to the currently valid taxon.
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The Code makes the oldest available name valid and keeps junior synonyms available; it does not describe registries that resolve citations of old names.
“The Principle of Priority continues to apply to an available name when treated as a junior synonym”
- In biological nomenclature, superseded names persist as synonyms in name registries, so papers citing an old binomial remain resolvable to the currently accepted taxon.
- Supersession
- In biology and ecology it is competitive exclusion in stable communities and invasive species displacing natives in a niche; in taxonomy it is synonymy resolution under a priority rule, where a senior synonym supersedes a junior one that persists in the literature but is no longer valid.
This sourcePrinciple of Priority (Article 23) by which a senior synonym supersedes a junior synonym in the role of valid name, with the junior name persisting as a recorded synonym.
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Article 23 supplies the taxonomy half: priority makes the oldest available name valid, and a junior synonym remains an available name. It says nothing on ecology.
“The Principle of Priority continues to apply to an available name when treated as a junior synonym; it may be used as the valid name of a taxon by an author who considers the synonymy to be erroneous”
- In biology and ecology it is competitive exclusion in stable communities and invasive species displacing natives in a niche; in taxonomy it is synonymy resolution under a priority rule, where a senior synonym supersedes a junior one that persists in the literature but is no longer valid.
Mechanisms¶
- Taxonomy Merge Workshop
- By the Principle of Priority, the older published name becomes the valid one and the newer is demoted to a junior synonym.
This sourceRequires the oldest available valid zoological name to take precedence, with a later name retained as a junior synonym subject to the Code’s exceptions.
- By the Principle of Priority, the older published name becomes the valid one and the newer is demoted to a junior synonym.
Verification¶
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Links previously used in the corpus¶
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- https://code.iczn.org/ ×2
- https://www.iczn.org/the-code/the-international-code-of-zoological-nomenclature/ ×1
- https://www.iczn.org/the-code/the-international-code-of-zoological-nomenclature/the-code-online/ ×1
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