[Coral-List] Name changes

[John Ware]

Dennis and List,

The thought that ocurred to me is that, if the Endangered Species Act 
lists, for example (because I don't know what is on the list) Diploria 
strigosa and the name somehow changes to Pseudodiploria strigosa, is it 
still protected??

John

Dennis Hubbard wrote:

>Hi all:
>
>I looked over Nancy's interesting article and the data appear to be pretty
>compelling. However, being a geologist and not a coral taxonomist, my
>question is whether the ICZN (or whoever the official body is) has accepted
>these name changes yet. If not, how is this typically dealt with in the
>literature? As M. faveolata is a highly preferred lab rat for paleoclimate
>studies, it's probably important that we follow the rules before we start
>tossing new names about. If this hasn't yet happened, what is the protocol
>for referring to this and other species that may now sit in new bins?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dennis
>  
>

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