International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
Mu
mucoreum Burmeister 1844 [originally in Trigonostomum], Handbuch der Entomologie, vol. 4(1): 467, specific name of the type species of Trigonostomus Brenske 1893 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2229
mucronata Klug 1825 [originally in Buprestis], Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae-Leopoldino Carolinae, Naturae Curiosorum, 12(2): 426 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008
mucronata Laporte & Gory 1836 [originally in Buprestis], Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes coléoptères, vol. 1, p. 62, ruled under the plenary power to be treated as not invalid by reason of having been originally published as a junior primary homonym of Buprestis mucronata Klug 1825 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2008
mucronata Olivier 1808 [originally in Hispa], Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes ..., 6 Coléoptères: 765 (specific name of the type species of Uroplata Chevrolat 1835) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1359
mucronata McCoy 1844 [originally in Phillipsia], Syn. Char. Carb. Limest. Foss. Ireland: 162, pl. iv, fig. 8 (specific name of the type species of Weberides Reed 1942) (Trilobita). Opinion 352
mucronatus Schlotheim 1813 [originally in Belemnites], Leonhard’s Tasch. Min., 7: 111, as interpreted by the neotype designated under the plenary power (specific name of the type species of Belemnitella d’Orbigny 1840) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 1328
mucronatus Hartig 1837 [originally in Nematus (Cryptocampus)], Die Aderflügler Deutschlands mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihres Larvenzustandes und ihres Wirkens in Wäldern und Gärten für Entomologen, Wald- und Gartenbesitzer ..., vol. 1, p. 223 (specific name of the type species of Gemmura Smith 1968) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1963
muelleri Sars 1846 [originally in Asteracanthion], Fauna littoralis Norvegiae: 56, pl. 8, figs. 38, 39 (specific name of the type species of Leptasterias Verrill 1866) (Asteroidea). Opinion 984
muelleri de Selys Longchamps 1903 [originally in Phoronis] (Phoronida). ICZN 2015: Opinion 2373
muelleri Ehrenberg [1832] [originally in Stentor], Abh. K.-preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1831: 99, as interpreted, by direction under the plenary power, by reference to the description and figures published by Ehrenberg 1838 (Die Infusionsth.: 262) (specific name of the type species of Stentor Oken 1815) (Ciliophora). Opinion 418
Muensterella Schevill 1950, Journal of Paleontology, 24: 117 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Bülow-Trummer 1920, Fossilium Catalogus, 1 (Animalia), part 11, p. 266, for the replaced nominal genus Kelaeno Münster 1842: Kelaeno arquata Münster 1842) (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea). Opinion 1860
MUENSTERELLIDAE Roger 1952 (1921), in Piveteau, J. (Ed.), Traité de Paléontologie, vol. 2, p. 742 (type genus: Muensterella Schevill 1950) (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea). Opinion 1860
Muensteroceras (emendation of Munsteroceras) Hyatt 1884, Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist., 22: 326 (gender: neuter) (type species, by original designation: Goniatites oweni var. parallela Hall 1860, Ann. Rep. New York State Cab. nat. Hist., 13: 100, 101, text figs. 13, 14) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 391
Mugie Macklot 1830, Bijd. Natuurk. Wetensch., 5: 177 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Mugil Linnaeus 1758). Direction 56
Mugil Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 316 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 316) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 75
mulciber Cramer 1777 [originally in Papilio], Uitl. Kapellen, 2: 45, 150, pl. 127, figs. C, D (specific name of the type species of Trepsichrois Hübner 1816) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 990
Mulloidichthys Whitley 1929, Rec. Australian Museum, 17: 123 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Jordan 1919 (Genera of Fishes: 240) through Mulloides Bleeker 1849: Mullus flavolineatus Lacepède 1802 in Buffon, Hist. nat. Poissons, 3: 406) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 846
Mullus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 299 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Bleeker 1876 (Arch. néerl. Sci. nat., Haarlem, 11: 334): Mullus barbatus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 299) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 77, Direction 56
mulsanti Ganglbauer 1895 [originally in Mycetoporus], Die Käfer von Mitteleuropa. Zweiter Band. Familienreihe Staphylinoidea. 1. Theil: Staphylinidae, Pselaphidae, p. 375 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2078
multifasciata Geoffroy in Fourcroy 1785 [originally in Tenthredo], Entomologia Parisiensis ..., vol. 2, p. 368 (specific name of the type species of Strongylogaster Dahlbom 1835) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1953
multilamellata Mousson 1856 [originally in Clausilia] (Gastropoda). ICZN 2021: Opinion 2481
multilineatus Schlegel 1839 [originally in Typhlops], Abbildungen neuer oder unvollständig bekannter Amphibien: 40 (specific name of the type species of Ramphotyphlops Fitzinger 1843) (Reptilia). Opinion 1207
multimaculata Jan 1863 [originally in Crotalus lugubris, var.], Elenco sist. Ofidi: 124 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 366
multiplex Wood 1842 [originally in Cyclogyra], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (1)9: 458 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1114
multiplicatus Carlgren 1912 [originally in Pachycerianthus], The Danish Ingolf Expedition, vol. 5, part 3, p. 5 (specific name of the type species of Pachycerianthus Roule 1904) (Cnidaria). Opinion 1987
multistriatus Hall 1857 [originally in Spirifer], New York State Cabinet of Natural History, Annual Report, 10: 59 (specific name of the type species of Trematospira Hall 1859) (Brachiopoda). Opinion 1900
munda Kuhl 1820 [originally in Nectris], Beitr. Zool. Vergl. Anat., 1(2): 148 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 497
munda Kuhl 1820 [originally in Proc.[ellaria]], Beitr. Zool. Vergl. Anat., 1(2): 148 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 497
Mungo Muirhead [1819], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 13: 415 (an unjustified emendation of Mungos Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier 1795). Opinion 384
mungo Gmelin 1788 [originally in Viverra], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1, p. 84 (specific name of the type species of Mungos Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier 1795) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
Mungos Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier 1795, Mag. encyclop., 2(6): 187 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Muirhead [1819] (in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 13: 415): Viverra mungo Gmelin 1788, in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1, p. 84) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
Munida Leach 1820, Dict. Sci. nat., 18: 52 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Pagurus rugosus Fabricius 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 412) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712
Munidopsis Whiteaves 1874, Amer. J. Sci., (3)7: 212, 213 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Munidopsis curvirostra Whiteaves 1874, Amer. J. Sci., (3)7: 212) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 712
Munsteroceras Hyatt 1884, Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist., 22: 326 (an incorrect original spelling for Muensteroceras Hyatt 1884). Opinion 391
MUNTIACINAE Pocock 1923, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1923: 307 (conserved under the plenary power) (type genus: Muntiacus Rafinesque 1815) (Mammalia). Opinion 544
Muntiacus Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 56 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Cervus muntjak Zimmermann 1780, Geogr. Gesch. Mens., 2: 131) (Mammalia). Opinion 460
muntjak Zimmermann 1780 [originally in Cervus], Geogr. Gesch. Mens., 2: 131 (specific name of the type species of Muntiacus Rafinesque 1815) (Mammalia). Opinion 460
Muraena Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 244 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Bory de Saint-Vincent 1827, in Audouin et al. (Eds.), Dictionnaire classique d’Histoire naturelle, vol. 11, p. 305: Muraena helena Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes, Anguilliformes). Opinion 1672
murchisoni Beck 1839 [originally in Graptolithus], in Murchison, Silurian System: 694 (specific name of the type species of Didymograptus McCoy (1851)) (Graptolithina). Opinion 650
murchisonii Carruthers 1867 [originally in Cyrtograpsus], in Murchison, Siluria (ed. 4), App.: 540 (specific name of the type species of Cyrtograptus Lapworth 1873) (Graptolithina). Opinion 650
Muricanthus Swainson 1840, Treatise Malac.: 296 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Murex radix Gmelin [1791], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 6, p. 3527) (Gastropoda). Opinion 886
muricata Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Millepora], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 792 (specific name of the type species of Acropora Oken 1815) (Anthozoa). Opinion 674
muricatus Olivier 1791 [originally in Astacus], Ency. méth., 6 (Ins.): 346 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 381
muricatus Hawle & Corda 1847 [originally in Staurogmus], Prodrom Mon. böhm. Trilob.: 28 (also published in 1848 in Abh. Königl.-böhm. Ges. Wiss., (5)5: 144) (a junior objective synonym of hirsuta Barrande 1846 [originally in Sao]). Opinion 512
Muricigenus [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. VIII (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 427
muriger Adams & White [1849] [originally in Tlos], Zool. ‘Samarang’, (4) Crust.: 58 (specific name of the type species of Tlos Adams & White [1849]) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
murigera White 1846 [originally in Xanthasia], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 18: 177 (specific name of the type species of Xanthasia White 1846) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
murina Brandt 1833 [originally in Cubaris], Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 6:190 (specific name of the type species of Cubaris Brandt 1833) (Crustacea, Isopoda). Opinion 1848
murinus Fabricius 1794 [originally in Byrrhus], Entomologia systematica, vol. 4, p. 437 (specific name of the type species of Porcinolus Mulsant & Rey 1869) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1396
murinus Folsom 1896 [originally in Neelus], Psyche, Cambridge, Mass., 7: 391 (specific name of the type species of Neelus Folsom 1896) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 291
murinus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Vespertilio], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 32, to be interpreted, as directed under the plenary power, in the manner adopted by Nilsson 1847 (Skand. Fauna, Dagg. Djur.: 17-20) and therefore to have as its type specimen the type specimen of the nominal species Vespertilio discolor (Natterer MS.) Kuhl 1817, Die dtsch. Fledermause: 43 (specific name of the type species of Vespertilio Linnaeus 1758) (Mammalia). Direction 98
murinus Schreber [1775] [originally in Vespertilio], Die Saügthiere, 1: 165, pl. 11 (a junior primary homonym of murinus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Vespertilio]). Direction 98
murorum Bourlet 1843 [originally in Hypogastrura], Mém. Soc. R. Agric. Dep. Nord, 1841-1842: 123 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 435
murrayi Günther 1878 [originally in Ipnops], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5)8: 187 (specific name of the type species of Ipnops Günther 1878) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 1333
Mus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 59 (gender: masculine) (type species, by Linnaean tautonymy: Mus musculus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 62) (Mammalia). Opinion 91, Direction 24
Musca Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 589 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Musca domestica Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 596) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 82
muscaria Fabricius 1775 [originally in Apis], Syst. Entomol.: 386 (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 657
muscarina G.R. Gray 1846 [originally in Coracopsis] (Aves). ICZN 2020: Opinion 2455
muscoides Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Cicada], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 86 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
muscorum Templeton 1835 [originally in Achorutes], Trans. entomol. Soc. London, 1(2): 97 (specific name of the type species of Neanura MacGillivray 1893) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 435
muscorum Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Apis], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 579, as defined by the neotype (the queen specimen with a red label reading ‘NEOTYPE Apis muscorum L., 1758’, a white label reading ‘Sk. Arkelstorp 5.7.1947 B.O. Landin’, a white label reading ‘Bombus muscorum L., A. Løken det.’, and a blue label reading ‘Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Stockholm Loan 268/94’) designated under the plenary power (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1828
muscorum Nicolet [1842] [originally in Degeeria], Neue Denkschr. allgem. schweiz. Ges., 6: 73 (specific name of the type species of Entomobrya Rondani 1861) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 440
muscorum Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Turbo], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 767 (valid name at the date of Opinion 335 of the type species of Pupilla Fleming 1828) (Gastropoda). Opinion 335
musculi Kolenati 1856 [originally in Ctenophthalmus], Parasiten der Chiroptern (Brunn ed.): 33 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 741
musculus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Mus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 62 (specific name of the type species of Mus Linnaeus 1758) (Mammalia). Type species designation previously confirmed in Opinion 16. Direction 22
museorum Leach 1817 [originally in Chelifer], The zoological miscellany; being descriptions of new or interesting animals, vol. 3, p. 50 (specific name of the type species of Cheiridium Menge 1855) (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida). Opinion 1697
Musica Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 66 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
musica Swainson 1827 [originally in Tyrannula], Philosophical Magazine, (n.s.)1(5): 368 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Aves, Passeriformes). Opinion 1885
musicus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Turdus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 169 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 551
Musophaga Isert 1789, Schrift. Berlin Ges. Nat. Freunde, 9: 17 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Musophaga violacea Isert 1789, Schrift. Berlin Ges. Nat. Freunde, 9: 18, pl. 1) (Aves). Opinion 67
Musophagus Bonnaterre 1790, Ency. méth., Orn., 1: xcv (an unjustified emendation of Musophaga Isert 1789). Direction 44
Mussa Oken 1815, Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte, vol. 3 (Zoologie), part 1 (Fleischlose Thiere), p. 71, ruled under the plenary power to be available despite having been published in a rejected work (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Vaughan 1918, Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, No. 213. Papers of the Department of Marine Biology, 9: 122: Madrepora angulosa Pallas 1766) (Anthozoa). Opinion 2061
MUSSIDAE Ortmann 1890, Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 50: 315 (type genus: Mussa Oken 1815) (Anthozoa). Opinion 2061
Mustellus Fischer von Waldheim 1813, Zoognosia (ed. 3), 1: 78 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Mustelus Linck 1790). Direction 56
Mustelus Linck 1790, Mag. n. Phys. Naturg., 6(3): 31 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Squalus mustelus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 235) (Chondrichthyes). Opinion 93
mustelus Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Squalus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 235 (specific name of the type species of Mustelus Linck 1790) (Chondrichthyes). Direction 57
mutabilis Sowerby 1823 [originally in Ammonites], Min. Conch., 4: 145, pl. 405 (Cephalopoda). Opinion 302
mutabilis Gory & Percheron [1836] [originally in Gymnetis], Mon. Cétoines (13): 334 (specific name of the type species of Cotinis Burmeister 1842) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 806
mutica De Geer 1775 [originally in Leptura aquatica] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
mutillarius Fabricius 1775 [originally in Clerus], Syst. Entomol.: 157 (specific name of the type species of Clerus Geoffroy 1762) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1273
mutus Przewalski 1883 [originally in Poephagus], Third journey in Central Asia. From Zaisan through Khami into Tibet and to the sources of the Yellow River, p. 191, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being pre-dated by a name based on a domestic form (Mammalia). Opinion 2027