Should there be a separate code of nomenclature for the protists?
- PMID: 1292654
- DOI: 10.1016/0303-2647(92)90003-h
Should there be a separate code of nomenclature for the protists?
Abstract
The present Botanical and Zoological Codes of Nomenclature are often inadequate for resolution of all the peculiar problems caused by the very nature of the numerous and diverse groups of the so-called 'lower' eukaryotic organisms known as protists. Whether or not a separate code should therefore be created for these species--many but not all of which are unicellular in structure and microscopic in size--is complicated by several factors. The principal one is related to the wide dispersal of protists throughout many taxonomic classes and phyla/divisions; sometimes even multiple kingdoms are involved. If recognition of a single kingdom Protista is no longer tenable, then even the concept of one code per kingdom is not applicable. Other difficulties arise primarily from long-standing differences in major provisions of present Botanical and Zoological Codes. Numerous 'ambiregnal' forms exist, species currently under dual code jurisdiction. The matter of names for suprafamilial taxa of protists, irrespective of their ultimate kingdom assignment, poses another set of concerns not yet resolved. A plea is made to recognize the legitimacy of having distinct high-level ranks for protist species that seem to be widely separated phylogenetically from fellow protists or from other eukaryotic assemblages.
Similar articles
-
Is Myxomycetes (Amoebozoa) a Truly Ambiregnal Group? A Major Issue in Protist Nomenclature.Protist. 2018 Aug;169(4):484-493. doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2018.05.002. Epub 2018 May 25. Protist. 2018. PMID: 29936290 Review.
-
The kingdom Protista and its 45 phyla.Biosystems. 1984;17(2):87-126. doi: 10.1016/0303-2647(84)90003-0. Biosystems. 1984. PMID: 6395918 Review.
-
Protist classification and the kingdoms of organisms.Biosystems. 1978 Apr;10(1-2):3-18. doi: 10.1016/0303-2647(78)90023-0. Biosystems. 1978. PMID: 418827
-
A revised six-kingdom system of life.Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 1998 Aug;73(3):203-66. doi: 10.1017/s0006323198005167. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 1998. PMID: 9809012 Review.
-
New proposals for naming lower-ranked taxa within the frame of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.C R Biol. 2006 Oct;329(10):823-40. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2006.07.003. Epub 2006 Aug 9. C R Biol. 2006. PMID: 17027643
Cited by
-
Kingdom protozoa and its 18 phyla.Microbiol Rev. 1993 Dec;57(4):953-94. doi: 10.1128/mr.57.4.953-994.1993. Microbiol Rev. 1993. PMID: 8302218 Free PMC article. Review.
-
Stability or stasis in the names of organisms: the evolving codes of nomenclature.Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 Apr 29;359(1444):611-22. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1445. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004. PMID: 15253348 Free PMC article. Review.