Thanks Dick,

Indeed it is a serious problem that new species have been deposited away from researchers.

Unfortunately, there are authors who own the publication and museum thus they do whatever they want
with the holotype.

We are having lots of problems with shells from Brazil being described all over the places and the
holotypes being deposited in private collections. But as you say there is nothing we can do to
invalidate these papers....

Marcus




Unfortunately the Code does not require deposition.  Recommendation 16C
states that "authors should deposit type specimens in an institution that
maintains a research collection, with proper facilities for preserving them
and making them accessible for study ..."  Recommendations are just that,
they are not requirements.

It is unfortunate that many new species are being published by people who
seem to be ignorant of the fact that a Code exists, and who are certainly do
not have any "species concept."   Some recently described "species" indicate
that there are people naming "species" who do not realize that mollusks are
not made with cookie cutters, but that species are variable.

Back to your original question, I do not know of any peer-reviewed
scientific journal that will publish a new species if the holotype has not
already been deposited in a recognized institution.  That does not prevent
species names published in other places from being available.

Regards,

dick


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