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Re: -orum...

At 05:46 PM 9/13/98 -0700, DinosØMP wrote:
>What is the difference between -i endings in species names (e.g. 
>U. ostrommaysi) and  -orum endings (e.g. U. ostrommayosorum).

Quite simply, -i is singular, -orum is plural.

That is why U. ostrommaysi was corrected to U. ostrommaysorum.  Ostrom and
Mays are two different people.

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