Nomenclatural status of Brachirus Swainson, Synaptura Cantor and Euryglossa Kaup (Soleidae, Pleuronectiformes) |
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| Authors: | Martine Desoutter Thomas A Munroe François Chapleau |
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| Institution: | (1) Laboratoire d'Ichtyologie générale et appliquée, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 43 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France (e-mail: desoutte@cimrs1.mnhn.fr), FR;(2) National Marine Fisheries Service Systematics Laboratory, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560-0153, USA (e-mail: munroe.thomas@nmnh.si.edu), US;(3) Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, P.O. Box 450, Station A, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada (e-mail: chapleau@science.uottawa.ca), CA |
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| Abstract: | We find that Brachirus Swainson, 1839 is a valid soleid (Pleuronectiformes) genus name, Euryglossa Kaup, 1858 is an invalid soleid genus name, and Synaptura Cantor, 1849 is a junior objective synonym of Brachirus. However, for the sake of taxonomic stability and because Synaptura Cantor, 1849 has had a long-term consistent usage within the Soleidae for four species (S. commersoni, S. lusitanica, S. marginata, and S. albomaculata) forming a monophyletic group, we will petition the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to recognize Synaptura Cantor, 1849 as a valid genus name with its type-species being Pleuronectes commersoni Lacepède, 1802.
Received: September 19, 1999 / Revised: November 2, 2000 / Accepted: February 20, 2001 |
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| Keywords: | Nomenclature Soleidae Brachirus Synaptura Euryglossa |
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