Kropf Christian, Blick Theo, Brescovit Antonio D, Chatzaki Maria, DupÉrrÉ Nadine, Gloor Daniel, Haddad Charles R, Harvey Mark S, JÄger Peter, Marusik Yuri M, Ono Hirotsugu, Rheims Cristina A, Nentwig Wolfgang
Natural History Museum Bern, Switzerland Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Zootaxa. 2019 Jan 17;4545(3):444-446. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.3.10.
Modern taxonomy and systematics profit from an invaluable tool that has been developed in the course of more than a century by intense discussions and negotiations of generations of zoologists and palaeontologists: The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999, 2012). The main goal of the Code is "to promote stability and universality in the scientific names of animals and to ensure that the name of each taxon is unique and distinct" (Melville 1995, ICZN 1999: 2). The provisions of the Code are generally accepted and thoroughly applied by the scientific community. Exceptions, such as the one described below, are very rare.
现代分类学和系统学受益于一项经过一个多世纪，由几代动物学家和古生物学家激烈讨论和协商而发展起来的宝贵工具：《国际动物命名法规》（ICZN 1999, 2012）。该法规的主要目标是“促进动物学名的稳定性和通用性，并确保每个分类单元的名称都是独特且明确的”（梅尔维尔1995，ICZN 1999：2）。该法规的各项规定得到了科学界的普遍认可和全面应用。像下面所描述的这种例外情况非常罕见。
