The List of Available Names (LAN): A new generation for stable taxonomic names in zoology?

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2016-01-07Author
Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.
Fautin, Daphne G.
Michel, Ellinor
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Pensoft Publishers
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The List of Available Names in Zoology (LAN) is an inventory of names with specific scope in time and content, presented and approved in parts, and constituted as a cumulative index of names available for use in zoological nomenclature. It was defined in Article 79 in the fourth edition of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. The LAN is likely to gain importance with the development of the online Official Registry for Zoological Nomenclature (ZooBank) as it is potentially a source of many nomenclaturally certified names. Article 79 describes the deliberative process for adding large numbers of names to the LAN simultaneously, detailing steps and chronology for submission of a candidate Part to the LAN and consideration of a candidate Part by the public and Commission, but it is largely mute about the contents of a candidate Part. It does make clear that a name within the scope of a Part but not on the LAN has no nomenclatural standing, even if it had previously been considered available, thereby preventing long-forgotten names from displacing accepted ones and the accumulation of nomina dubia. Thus, for taxa on the LAN, nomenclatural archaeology – the resurrecting of old unused names to replace by priority names in current usage – will not be worthwhile. Beyond that, it has been unclear if Article 79 is intended to document every available name known within the scope of the Part, or if its intention is to pare the inventory of available names within the scope of the Part. Consideration by the Commission and two committees to deal with the LAN have defined steps to implement Article 79 with the latter intent. Procedures for consideration of a candidate Part are defined in a manual, published as an appendix in this volume.
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Alonso-Zarazaga MA, Fautin DG, Michel E (2016) The List of Available Names (LAN): A new generation for
stable taxonomic names in zoology? In: Michel E (Ed.) Anchoring Biodiversity Information: From Sherborn to the 21st
century and beyond. ZooKeys 550: 225–232. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.550.10043
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