Ronikier Anna, Halamski Adam T
W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, 31-512, Cracow, Poland.
Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818, Warsaw, Poland.
Protist. 2018 Aug;169(4):484-493. doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2018.05.002. Epub 2018 May 25.
Myxomycetes is one of the largest groups of protists belonging to Amoebozoa, with ca 1,000 species recognised and more than 4,000 names in use. Historically, myxomycetes were considered fungi or protozoans which, however, fell under the provisions of the former International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN), currently the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN). Attempts to apply the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) to myxomycetes were rare and inconsistent; thus, we argue that Myxomycetes is not a truly ambiregnal group (i.e. one falling under both Codes). Recently, nomenclatural novelties within Myxomycetes have been proposed using ICZN rules, and the application of zoological orthography to myxomycete higher-level taxa in the recent amoebozoan phylogenies is increasingly common. We summarise the consequences of application of either ICN or ICZN to Myxomycetes. In our opinion, nomenclatural stability within Myxomycetes is best served by strict application of ICN. Either treating myxomycetes as falling under ICZN or considering them an ambiregnal group would cause serious nomenclatural instability, mainly owing to the incompatibility of the two Codes as to the date of the starting point of nomenclature and to the appearance of numerous homonyms.
黏菌是属于变形虫门的最大类原生生物之一，已确认约有1000个物种，有4000多个名称在使用。从历史上看，黏菌曾被视为真菌或原生动物，但它们属于先前的《国际植物命名法规》（ICBN，现为《国际藻类、真菌和植物命名法规》，ICN）的范畴。将《国际动物命名法规》（ICZN）应用于黏菌的尝试很少且不一致；因此，我们认为黏菌并非真正的双界类群（即属于两个法规范畴的类群）。最近，有人依据ICZN规则提出了黏菌的新命名，并且在最近的变形虫系统发育研究中，将动物学拼字法应用于黏菌的高级分类单元越来越普遍。我们总结了将ICN或ICZN应用于黏菌的后果。我们认为，严格应用ICN最有利于黏菌命名的稳定性。将黏菌视为属于ICZN范畴或认为它们是双界类群都会导致严重的命名不稳定，主要是由于这两个法规在命名起点日期以及众多同名现象的出现方面不兼容。
