Re: Gastropteron rubrum not G. meckeli

November 3, 2001
From: Angel Valdes

Dear Michael, Erwin and Bill,
This situation with Gastropteron meckeli and G. rubrum is not clear to me. If Kosse (1813) mentioned the species name "Doridiorum Meckelii," which appears to be a valid binominal name, in the same paper and associated with the description of Gastropteron, this is a valid introduction of a new name, regardless of his intentions or the fact that it was combined with two different genus names. I read carefully the Article 11 of the Code and I could not find anything that would make Gastropteron meckelii an unavailable name.

It would be useful to reproduce the original text in the Forum, so more people could read it and provide opinions and interpretations.
Best regards,
Angel

avaldes@nhm.org

Valdes, A., 2001 (Nov 3) Re: Gastropteron rubrum not G. meckeli. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5613

Dear Angel,
My understanding is that that whole of Kosse's thesis was written in Latin so it is easy for later readers to mistakenly consider a Latin phrase like "Doridiorum Meckelii" to be a latinised species name. Michael is saying that Kosse, in the relevant paragraph, is comparing the anatomy of his Gastropteron with that of the species of Doridium described by Meckel (1809). "Doridiorum Meckelii" as used by Kosse is not as a species name but as a Latin phrase meaning "the Doridium species (plural) of Meckel" [D. membranaceum and D. coriaceum].

I can't see any other interpretation making sense. Why would he introduce a new name Doridiorum meckelii for a species he was making the type of a new genus Gastropteron? Surely he would have just called it Gastropteron meckelii.

I am happy to make Kosse available as a pdf file but it may take a few days.
Cheers,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Nov 3). Comment on Re: Gastropteron rubrum not G. meckeli by Angel Valdes. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5613

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