And it should be a good idea that any person, wanting to describe a new
(sub)species -or other taxon- should at least read the Code.......
 
Gijs
 
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> Van: Bronwen Scott <[log in to unmask]>
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: Re: Naming new species
> Datum: maandag 22 februari 1999 0:29
>
> On Monday, February 22, 1999 at 6:02:44 am VUT,
> "NORA BRYAN" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >Firstly, anyone can name any species, whatever they want, whenever they
> >want.  The primary question is 'recognition' as a valid species. There
> >is only one absolute requirement: the new species name must appear 'in
> >print'.
>
> The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature sets out rules and
> recommendations regarding publication...
>
> ACCEPTABLE
> the work must be issued publicly for the purpose of providing a permanent
> scientific record;
> it must be obtainable, when first issued, free of charge or by purchase;
> it must have been produced in an edition containing simultaneously
obtainable
> copies by a method that assures numerous identical copies.
>
> As for types, there's no rule governing deposition of type material, but
> there's a recommendation (72D) that types should be deposited in a museum
or
> similar institution where they will be safely preserved and will be
> accessible for research...One would hope that any journal editor worth
their
> salt would remind an author of this if it were not the case.
>
> As for the amateur/professional divide - it's surely more a matter of
> resources than anything else.  Ready access to collections, microscopes,
> other equipment and colleagues that do this sort of thing as a matter of
> course smoothes the path.
>
> Bronwen