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Suggested Cases for Suspension of Rules of Nomenclature

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ATTENTION of the zoological profession is invited to the fact that request for the ” Suspension of the Rules” has been made in the following cases, on the ground that ” the strict application of the Règles will clearly result in greater confusion than uniformity”. According to procedure, one year's notice is hereby published ” making it possible for zoologists, particularly specialists in the group in question, to present arguments for or against the suspension under consideration”.

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STILES, C. Suggested Cases for Suspension of Rules of Nomenclature. Nature 138, 34–35 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138034c0

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