Re: Taxa nomy?

["Tim Williams" <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Ken Carpenter wrote:

> This NOT wrong because there is NO discussion of any category higher than 
> family. You are >mistaken in thinking it regulates Order, Class, etc. The 
> ICZN clearly specifies the regulations governing the family, genus and 
> species groups ONLY.

This is not to contradict your statement, but I was under the impression 
that derivative ranks were under the purview of the ICZN.  Thus, orders and 
classes and phyla and divisions are exempt; but superfamilies and 
subfamilies (taxa ending in -oidea and -inae, respectively) were regulated 
by the ICZN, since they are derived from family-level taxa, which are under 
ICZN regulation.


Tim

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