International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
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gibba Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Sphex], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 571 (specific name of the type species of Sphecodes Latreille 1804) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1713
gibbicollis Illiger 1803 [originally in Buprestis], Magazin für Insectenkunde, 2: 239 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008
gibbicollis Say 1823 [originally in Buprestis], Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 3: 161, ruled under the plenary power to be treated as not invalid by reason of having been originally published as a junior primary homonym of Buprestis gibbicollis Illiger 1803 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008
gibbon Miller 1779 [originally in Simia], Phil. Trans. roy. Soc. London, 68: 161-179, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the specific name syndactyla Raffles 1821, as published in the binomen Simia syndactyla, whenever the two names are considered synonyms (Mammalia). Opinion 1224
gibbosus Wahlenberg [1818] [originally in Entomostracites], Nova Acta K. vet.-Soc. Upsala, 8: 39 (specific name of the type species of Olenus Dalman [1827]) (Trilobita). Opinion 496
gibbosus Bate 1888 [originally in Heterocarpus], Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876, vol. 24, part 52, p. 634, as defined by the neotype (specimen NHM 2006.1216, Bohol Sea, ‘Panglao 2005’ at the Natural History Museum, London) designated under the plenary power (Crustacea). Opinion 2217
gibbosus Milne Edwards 1881 [originally in Notostomus], Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (6)11(4): 7 (specific name of the type species of Notostomus Milne Edwards 1881) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
gibbum Olivier 1791 [originally in Acrydium], Ency. Méth., Ins., 6: 233, No. 76 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1103
gibbus Spix & Agassiz 1829 [originally in Cynodon], Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam ... Collegit et pingendos curavit Dr. J.B. de Spix ... Digessit, descripsit et observationibus anatomicis illustravit Dr. L. Agassiz, pl. 27 (specific name of the type species of Cynodon Spix in Spix & Agassiz 1829) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 2012
gibelio Bloch 1782 [originally in Cyprinus], Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands, vol. 1, p. 71, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being pre-dated by a name based on a domestic form (Osteichthyes). Opinion 2027
gigantea Blumenbach 1799 [originally in Alce], Handbuch der Naturgeschichte, 6th Ed., vol. 16, p. 697 (senior subjective synonym of Megaloceros antiquorum Brookes 1828, the specific name of the type species of Megaloceros Brookes 1828) (Mammalia, Artiodactyla). Opinion 1566
gigantea Sellnick 1922 [originally in Collohmannia] (Acari). ICZN 2018: Opinion 2419
gigantea Gmelin [1789] [originally in Procellaria] in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2, p. 563, as defined by the neotype (specimen no. 1911 340 in the Catalogue Général of the Laboratoire de Zoologie: Mammifères et Oiseaux, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris) designated under the plenary power (specific name of the type species of Macronectes Richmond 1905) (Aves, Procellariiformes). Opinion 1751
gigantea Klug 1820 [originally in Proscopia], in Nees von Esenbeck, Hor. phys. berol.: 18 (specific name of the type species of Proscopia Klug 1820) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Direction 5
Gigantella Sarycheva 1928, Mem. geol. Sci. Res. Inst. Moscow, 1928(1): 13 (a junior homonym of Gigantella Ekman 1905). Opinion 420
gigantea Schweigger 1812 [originally in Testudo] (Testudines). ICZN 2013: Opinion 2316
giganteus, all uses in combination with Yerboa, Jaculus, Didelphis and Didelphys prior to Macropus giganteus Shaw 1790, Nat. Miscell.: pl. 33 and text (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 760
giganteus Milne Edwards 1879 [originally in Bathynomus], Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences,
giganteus Martin 1809 [originally in Conchyliolithus Anomites], Petrif. derb.: sign. G[2], pl. 15, fig. 1 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 420
giganteus Agassiz 1835 [originally in Gyrolepis], Poiss. Foss., 2(1): 175, pl. 19, fig. 13 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 930
giganteus Erxleben 1777 [originally in Jaculus], Syst. Règn. Anim.: 409 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 760
giganteus Shaw 1790 [originally in Macropus], Nat. Miscell.: pl. 33 and text, as interpreted by the neotype designated by Calaby & Ride 1964 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 21: 254) (specific name of the type species of Macropus Shaw 1790) (ruled under the plenary power not to be an objective synonym of Macropus major Shaw 1800) (Mammalia). Opinion 760
giganteus Sowerby 1822 [originally in Productus], Min. Conch., 4: 19, pl. 320, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Muir-Wood 1951 (Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (12)4: 100) (specific name of the type species of Gigantoproductus Prentice 1950) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 420
giganteus de Haan 1825 [originally in Turrilites], Specimen Philosophicum Inaugurale. Exhibens Monographiae Ammoniteorum et Goniatiteorum ..., p. 78 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea). Opinion 1925
giganteus Barnes 1823 [originally in Unio], American Journal of Science and Arts, 6: 119 (valid specific name of the senior subjective synonym of Unio heros Say 1829, the type species of Megalonaias Utterback 1915) (Bivalvia). Opinion 1487
Gigantopecten Rovereto 1899, Revue critique de Paléozoologie, 3(2): 90 (gender: masculine), type species Ostrea latissima Brocchi 1814 by original designation for the replaced generic name Macrochlamys Sacco 1897 (Bivalvia) Opinion 2203
Gigantoproductus Prentice 1950, Geol. Mag., 87(6): 436 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Muir-Wood 1930 (Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (10)5: 105, 106) for the replaced name Gigantella Sarycheva 1928: Productus giganteus Sowerby 1822, Min. Conch., 4: 19, pl. 320, as interpreted by the lectotype designated by Muir-Wood 1951 (Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (12)4: 100)) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 420
Gigantorhinchus Weinberg & Romanowitsch 1908, Clin. veter., 31: 41 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Gigantorhynchus Hamann 1892). Direction 76
Gigantorhynchus Hamann 1892, Zool. Anz., 15: 196 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Stiles & Hassall 1905 (Bull. U.S. Bur. Anim. Ind., 79: 108): Echinorhynchus echinodiscus Diesing 1851, Syst. Helminth., 2: 36) (Acanthocephala). Opinion 84
gigas Bocage 1875 [originally in Ascalabotes], Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, 5: 108 (Reptilia, Squamata). Opinion 1585
gigas Lamarck 1818 [originally in Cancer], Hist. nat. Anim. sans Vertèbr., 5: 272 (specific name of the type species of Pseudocarcinus Milne Edwards 1834) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
gigas Burmeister 1835 [originally in Hypselopus], Handb. Entomol., 2(1): 329 (specific name of the type species of Hypselopus Burmeister 1835) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Direction 1
gigas Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Ichneumon], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 560 (specific name of the type species of Urocerus Geoffroy 1762) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1754
gigas Fabriciu 1793 [originally in Leucospis], Entomol. syst., 2: 245 (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1111
gigas Zimmermann 1780 [originally in Manati], Geographische Geschichte des Menschen und die vierfüssigen Thiere, 2: 426 (valid name at the date of Opinion 1320 of the type species of Hydrodamalis Retzius 1794) (Mammalia). Opinion 1320
gigas Schinz 1822 [originally in Sudis], in Cuvier, Das Thierreich aus dem französischen frey übersetzt ..., 2: 305 (specific name of the type species of Arapaima Müller 1843) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 1132
gigaxii Pfeiffer 1850 [originally in Helix], Z. f. Malakozool., 7: 85 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336
gigliotosi Carbonell 1971 [originally in Heniola], Bull. zool. Nomencl., 28: 167 (specific name of the type species of Heniola Uvarov 1940) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 1032
gilbertsoni Phillips 1836 [originally in Actinocrinus], Ill. Geol. Yorks. (2): 206, to be interpreted, as directed under the plenary power, by reference to the neotype designated by Wright 1955 (Brit. Carbonif. Crin., 2(1): pl. 49, figs. 3, 16; pl. 50, figs. 3, 9) (specific name of the type species of Amphoracrinus Austin 1848) (Crinoidea). Opinion 527
Ginorga Gray 1840, Syn. Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 42): 150 (a nomen nudum). Opinion 292
Ginorga Strickland 1842, Rep. Brit. Assoc. (Plymouth, 1841) (Trans. Sect.): 65 (a junior objective synonym of Cardinia Agassiz [1841]). Opinion 292
gioëni Philipsson 1788 [originally in Tricla], Dissertatio Hist. nat. sist. nova Test. Gen.: 8 (suppressed underthe plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 287
Gioënia Bruguière [1789], Ency. méth., Vers 1(1): xii (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 287
Giraffa Brisson 1762, Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2, pp. 12, 37 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Cervus camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758), ruled under the plenary power to be taken as first available from Brisson 1762, despite that being a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes (Mammalia, Artiodactyla). Opinion 1894