Thank you, Dr. Campbell.

That's what I had assumed, but I'm surprised that a major monograph would
use this method without providing an explanation. If this is standard usage,
I wonder why the "code" does not address it.

Winston Barney

> Question: what is the significance of square brackets around the author's
> name as used around Lightfoot's name in the Manual of the Living Conidae?

My guess is that it signifies that Lightfoot's identity as the author
is not entirely obvious from the text

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