Re: Re THE POLACANTHID CONTROVERSY

[George Engelmann <engelman@cwis.unomaha.edu>]

> 
> On Thu, 11 May 1995, D.W.Naish wrote:
> 
> > [Are 'hoplites' something to do with ancient Greek armies? George...?]
> 
> Yes, they are the chaps who used to line up in enormous phalanges.
> 
Excuse the elaboration if it is old news to everybody, but the pahalanges
mentioned above are battle formations protected by shields and bristling
spears.
 
> AFAIK there are no rules at all governing the names of taxa above the genus.
>  
>                                                               Bill Adlam
> 
The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature covers taxonomic names of 
the "family-, genus-, and species-groups" (Article I-1), but the tendency
among taxonomists over the long run is to apply similar rules of synonymy,
priority, etc. to higher rank taxonomic names as well.

George Engelmann
engelman@unomaha.edu