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Laphystiidae  Sars, 1893
Taxonomic Serial No.: 94186

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Lafystiidae Sars, 1893
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - other, see comments   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Laphystiidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Coleman, C. O., and J. L. Barnard  
  Publication Date: 1991   
  Article/Chapter Title: Revision of Iphimediidae and similar families (Amphipoda: Gammaridea)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 104, no. 2   
  Page(s): 253-268   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0006-324X   
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  Reference for: Laphystiidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Martin, Joel W., and George E. Davis  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Science Series 39   
  Page(s): 124   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1-891276-27-1   
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  Reference for: Laphystiidae   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: The type genus was originally spelled Lafystius, and Agassiz evidently later emended the spelling to Laphystius. The original spelling appears to be in prevailing usage, and as such the emendation would be considered to be an "unjustified emendation" or "incorrect spelling" under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). Sars apparently based the family name Laphystiidae on the emended spelling, and under the ICZN (Article 35.4.1) it should be corrected to Lafystiidae, with no change to authorship  
 

 

    

 
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