Bides of Nomcnchitu 



RULES OF NOMENCLATURE ADOPTED BY THE 



INTERNATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL CONGRESS 



HELD IN PARIS, FRANCE, lssO. 



Translated from the Fret 



,ch by Merit* Fischer. 



I. NOMKNC 





1. The nomenclature adopted 



for organisms is a binary a. 



binominal one. It is Latin or 





distinguished by a generic name 



>, followed by a specific nan 



as: Corvus corax. 





2. In case varieties must be di 



stinguished. the use of a thil 



name is permitted, as : Corvus co', 



vu.r ku),,schaticus. 



3. Since it would be wrong to 



write Corvus kamsvhufiviis ti 



insertion of the word varietas or 



its abbreviation var. betwet 



the specific and the varietal nam 



e is not essential. 



4. When the word varietas is i 



ised. the name of the varie 



agrees with it as : Corvus corax i 



ar. kamschatica. If the woi 



varietas is omitted, the varietal n 



ame agrees with the gener 



as: Corvus corax karnschaticus. 





II. Generic 



• Names. 



5. Generic names should consi 



1st of one word, either simp 



or compound, but always writh 



m as one, whether Latin i 



latinized. 





<>. Generic names mav he deri 



ved from : 



(a) Greek nouns. These sho 



old have the correct Lat 



spelling as: Ann/his. Amphiholo 



. Aplysia, PompMyx, Phys 



Cylichna. 





(b) Compound Greek words. 



In using these the adjectr 



must be placed before the noun 



as : Stenogyra , Pleu ro b ra nchr 



Tylodina, Cychstoma, Sarcocystis, 



Pelorfytcs, Hydrophilus, III 



