A slight correction to my previous post...Web publishing is not acceptable
for describing a new taxa per se.  The taxon can be described in a web
site but it is the deposition of the CD-ROM, etc. in the reference
libraries that makes the name official.  There is an electronic journal
Palaeontologia Electronica which has published descriptions of new taxa on
a web page, with a CD-ROM version of the journal available for purchase.
They also send copies of the CD-ROM to several libraries, thus fulfilling
the requirements of the Zoological Code.  Sorry for any possible
misunderstanding.

Regards,
Charlie
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Charlie Sturm, Jr
Research Associate - Section of Invertebrate Zoology
                     Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
Assistant Professor - Family Medicine

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