International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS


taxa names:

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Gobio Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 1: 250 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592 

gobio Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cottus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 265 (specific name of the type species of Cottus Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes). Direction 87  

Gobius Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 262 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Gill 1863 (Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1863: 268): Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 262) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 77, Direction 56 

Godiva Macnae 1954, Ann. Natal Mus., 13: 20 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Hervia quadricolor Barnard 1927, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 25: 203) (Gastropoda). Opinion 778

goldfussi Menke 1847 [originally in Cylindrella], Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie, 1847(1): 2 (specific name of the type species of Holospira Martens 1860) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1932

goldfussi Münster 1839 [originally in Spondylus], Beitr. zur. Petrefactenkunde, 1: 2, pl. 4, figs. 3a, b (Brachiopoda). Opinion 625 

goliah Owen in Waterhouse 1846 [originally in Macropus], A natural history of the Mammalia, vol. 1, p. 59 (specific name of the type species of Procoptodon Owen 1874) (Mammalia). Opinion 1993

golock Bechstein 1799 [originally in Simia], T. Pennants Uebersicht der vierfùssigen Thiere’, 1: 181 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1219

Gomeza Gray 1831, Zool. Miscell. (1): 39 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Gomeza bicornis Gray 1831, Zool. Miscell. (1): 39) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37) 

GOMPHONOTIDAE Chace 1936, J. Washington Acad. Sci., 26: 25 (type genus: Gomphonotus Chace 1936) (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 470  

Gomphonotus Chace 1936, J. Washington Acad. Sci., 26: 25 (a junior objective synonym of Eugonatonotus Schmitt 1926). Opinion 470

GONATONOTIDAE Gurney 1941, J. linn. Soc. London (Zool.), 41: 122 (type genus: Gonatonotus Milne Edwards 1881) (invalid because the name of the type genus is a junior homonym of Gonatonotus Adams & White 1847). Opinion 470

Gonatonotus Milne Edwards 1881, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (6)4(4): 10 (a junior homonym of Gonatonotus Adams & White 1847). Opinion 470

Goneplat [Leach 1814], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 7(2): 393 (an incorrect original spelling for Goneplax [Leach 1814]). Direction 37  

Goneplax [Leach 1814], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 7(2): 393 (as Goneplat), 430 (gender: feminine) (type species, by original designation: Ocypoda bispinosa Lamarck 1801, Syst. Anim. sans Vertèbr.: 150, valid name: Cancer rhomboides Linnaeus 1758) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 85, Direction 37  

Gonerichthus Brooks 1886, Johns Hopkins Univ. Circ., 5(49): 83 (a junior objective synonym of Gonodactylus Berthold 1827). Opinion 785

GONIATITEA de Haan 1825, Specimen philosoph. exhib. Monogr. Ammonit. Goniatit.: 156 (type genus: Goniatites de Haan 1825) (an incorrect original spelling for GONIATITIDAE de Haan 1825). Direction 62  

Goniatites de Haan 1825, Specimen philosoph. exhib. Monogr. Ammonit. Goniatit.: 159 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Miller 1889 (N. Amer. Geol. Pal.: 438): Ammonites sphaericus Sowerby 1814, Min. Conch., 1: 116, pl. 53, figs. 2 (left & right), to be interpreted by reference to the holotype preserved in the British Museum (Natural History) and refigured by Stubblefield 1951 (Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (12)4: pl. 7, figs. 1a-c)) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 420

GONIATITIDAE (correction of GONIATITEA) de Haan 1825, Specimen philosoph. exhib. Monogr. Ammonit. Goniatit.: 156 (type genus: Goniatites de Haan 1825) (Cephalopoda). Direction 62 

Goniocotes Burmeister 1838, Handb. Entomol., 2(2): 431 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Johnston & Harrison 1911 (Proc. linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 36: 326): Ricinus gallinae de Geer 1778, Mém. Hist. Ins., 7: 79, as interpreted by the neotype designated by Clay & Hopkins 1954 (Bull. Brit. Mus. (nat. Hist.) Entomol., 3: 242)) (Insecta, Mallophaga). Opinion 627  

GONIOCOTINI Eichler 1937, SitzBer. Ges. naturf. Freunde Berlin, 1937: 108 (type genus: Goniocotes Burmeister 1838) (Insecta, Mallophaga). Opinion 627

Goniosoma Milne Edwards 1860, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.), (4)14: 218, 224, 263 (a junior objective synonym of Charybdis de Haan [1833]). Opinion 712  

Goniurellia Hendel 1927, Trypetidae, in Lindner, Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region, Heft 49: 198 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Urellia tridens Hendel 1910, Wiener entomol. Zeitung, 29: 106, 107) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1208

Gonodactylus Berthold 1827, in Latreille, Natürl. Fam. Thierr.: 271 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Squilla chiragra Fabricius 1781, Spec. Ins., 1: 515) (Crustacea, Stomatopoda). Opinion 785 

Gonoplax Leach 1815, Trans. linn. Soc. London, 11(2): 323 (an unjustified emendation of Goneplax [Leach 1814]). Direction 37

Gonyosoma Wagler 1828, Descr. Icon. Amph. (1): expl. pl. 9 (gender: neuter) (type species, by monotypy: Gonyosoma viride Wagler 1828, Descr. Icon. Amph. (1): expl. pl. 9, valid name: Coluber oxycephalus Boie 1827) by direction under the plenary power, not available for use in preference to Elaphe Fitzinger 1833, but available for use by those who do not consider the type species of these two genera to be congeneric with one another (Reptilia). Opinion 490 

goodalli Férussac 1821 [originally in Helix (Cochlodonta)], Tabl. syst. Anim. moll. terrestr. fluviat.: 75 (valid name at the date of Opinion 335 of the type species of Azeca Fleming 1828) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335

Gopsilepisma Irish 1989 (Zygentoma). ICZN 2018: Opinion 2427

Gordius Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 647 (gender: masculine) (type species, by Linnaean tautonymy: Gordius aquaticus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 647) (Nematomorpha). Opinion 66, Direction 76 

Gordius Slabber [1769-1778], Natuurk. Verlustig.: 61 (a junior homonym of Gordius Linnaeus 1758). Direction 76  

gordoni Bate 1858 [originally in Hippolyte], Nat. Hist. Rev., 5: iv (specific name of the type species of Caridion Göes 1863) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470  

gordoniana Bate 1859 [originally in Hippolyte], Proc. Dublin Univ. zool. bot. Assoc., 1: v, 48 (a junior objective synonym of gordoni Bate 1858 [originally in Hippolyte]). Opinion 470

gorgone Hübner 1810 [originally in Dryas reticulata], Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge, pl. [41], figs. 1–2, as defined by the neotype (labelled: ‘Neotype ♂, Dryas reticulata gorgone’, deposited in the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida) designated by Gatrelle 1998, Taxonomic Report, 1(2): 5 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 2160 

Gorilla Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1852, C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 34: 84 (gender: feminine) (type species, by absolute tautonymy: Troglodytes gorilla Savage 1847, Boston J. nat. Hist., 5(4): 417) (Mammalia). Opinion 122

gorilla Savage 1847 [originally in Troglodytes], Boston J. nat. Hist., 5(4): 417 (specific name of the type species of Gorilla Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1852) (Mammalia). Direction 22  

gorriense Stearn 1995 [originally in Stictostroma], Journal of Paleontology, 69: 26 (specific name of the type species of Stictostroma Parks 1936) (Stromatoporoidea). Opinion 1843  

Gortania Cossmann 1909, Revue critique de paléozoologie, 13: 67 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Trilobita). Opinion 2006

gossypii Glover 1877 [originally in Aphis], Report of the U.S. Commissioner for Agriculture for 1876: 36 (in Report of the Entomologist and Curator of the Museum) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 1137

gouazoubira Fischer 1814 [originally in Cervus], Zoognosia. Tabulis synopticis illustrata, vol. 3, p. 465, ruled under the plenary power to be the correct original spelling of Cervus gouazoupira (Mammalia). Opinion 1985  

gouazoupira Fischer 1814 [originally in Cervus], Zoognosia. Tabulis synopticis illustrata, vol. 3, p. 465, ruled under the plenary power to be an incorrect original spelling of Cervus gouazoubira (Mammalia). Opinion 1985

goudotii Guérin-Méneville 1839 [originally in Astacoides], Rev. zool., 2: 109 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 519  

goudotii Doyère 1835 [originally in Eupleres], Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. France, 1835(3): 45 (specific name of the type species of Eupleres Doyère 1835) (Mammalia). Opinion 384

gouldii Gray 1838 [originally in Hydrosaurus], Annals of Natural History; or, Magazine of Zoology, Botany and Geology, 1: 394, as defined by the neotype (specimen no. BMNH 1997.1 in the Natural History Museum, London, collected from Karrakatta, Perth, Western Australia by G. Thompson on 29 September 1997) designated under the plenary power (Reptilia, Squamata). Opinion 1948

Goura Stephens 1819, in Shaw, Gen. Zool. (Aves), 11(1): 120 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Gray 1840 (List Genera Birds: 59): Columba coronata Linnaeus 1766, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1, p. 282, valid name: Columba cristata Pallas 1764) (Aves). Opinion 67 

GRACILARIIDAE Stainton 1854, Ins. Brit., Lep. Tin.: 193 (type genus: Gracillaria Haworth 1828) (an incorrect original spelling for GRACILLARIIDAE Stainton 1854). Opinion 912