International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2009

Full reference
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 2009. OPINION 2238 (Case 3419) CORYSTIDAE Foster & Philip, 1978 (Echinodermata, Echinoidea): spelling emended to CORYSTUSIDAE to remove homonymy with CORYSTIDAE Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea, Brachyura). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 66(4):371-372 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]
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ID number:  56939
Created:  2015-11-14 14:11:34
Publication type:  journal article
Taxonomy:  stated with evidence
Language:  English
Comments: The Commission has ruled that the homonymy between the family-group names CORYSTIDAE Foster & Philip, 1978 (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) and CORYSTIDAE Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea, Brachyura) be removed by adopting Corystus- as the stem of the name of the type genus Corystus Pomel, 1883, giving the corresponding echinoderm family-group name CORYSTUSIDAE.
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Taxonomic opinions (3) - view classification
'Corystidae is replaced by Corystusidae' according to International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2009
'Corystus belongs to Corystusidae' according to International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2009
'Corystusidae belongs to Echinoidea' according to International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2009