Dear Dr. Sturm, et. al.:
Two questions: If a person "names" a taxon on the internet, and before the offical
paperwork is deposited at a library, does that name carry the "MSS" manuscript
title for reference?, and What happens for depositing the holotype and other type
specimens, as your reference only mentions deposition of the description at a
library?
Hope to see many of you at COA in Cape Canaveral today, afternoon thunderstorms in
our area (after two years of drought!) but the rest of the days are beautiful,
warm sub-tropical Florida weather.  We will have an informative and interesting
time at COA!

Alan Gettleman
Merritt Island, FL

Charles Sturm wrote:

> 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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