Nomenclatural problems caused by type species designation in Gammaridae (Amphipoda)

  1. Rosas-Ramos, N. 3
  2. Jurado-Angulo, P. 1
  3. Rodríguez-Flores, P. C. 2
  4. García-Paris, M. 1
  1. 1 Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
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    Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

    Madrid, España

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  2. 2 Harvard University
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    Harvard University

    Cambridge, Estados Unidos

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  3. 3 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

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Revista:
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

ISSN: 2014-928X,  1578-665X

Año de publicación: 2023

Volumen: 46.2

Páginas: 173-176

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.32800/ABC.2023.46.0173 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Resumen

Recent phylogenetic studies of Gammaridae made evident some nomenclatural issues that should be addressed. We discuss the nomenclatural problems caused by the use of the unavailable name Neogammarus Ruffo, 1937 and the designation of type species for Rhipidogammarus Stock, 1971 and Neogammarus Karaman, 1969. Since the type species of these two last names is the same, Gammarus rhipidiophorus Catta, 1878, the ICZN requires that a new objective synonymy be established: Neogammarus Karaman, 1969 = Rhipidogammarus Stock, 1971, syn. nov. This synonymy changes the current general use of these two names, generating a new nomenclatural combination, Neogammarus karamani (Stock, 1971) n. comb. We provide a synonymic list of Neogammarus to facilitate its general application.