Comment on Lychnorhiza lucerna Haeckel, 1880 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae): proposed conservation of generic and specific names (Case 3485; see BZN 66: 242-246)

摘要

The jellyfish involved in Case 3485 do not appear to be of very high profile in such areas as research for fisheries, and the number of cited works concerning them is not very large. I therefore suggest that the author withdraw his proposals and instead designate the extant holotype of Lychnorhiza lucerna Haeckel, 1880 as the neotype of Rhizostoma cruciatum (sic; see below) Lesson, 1830 and assign all the involved nominal species to this genus in accordance with the Code, with no involvement of the Commission. This will result in the permanent replacement of the name Lychnorhiza lucerna by Rhacopilus cruciatus. Although this is contrary to the author's intent, he has provided little documentation of the use of Lychnorhiza for nominal species other than L. lucerna, only mentioning two such species in paragraph 9. Although currently a nomen dubium, cruciatum (-us, -a) is far from being a nomen oblitum, so it might as well be conserved; its definition and assignment to genus will be fixed by the suggested neotypification.