Echinoidea name details

Dysaster munsteri Desor, 1842 †

592231  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:592231)

 unaccepted (incorrect original spelling (ICZN 1999 Art. 32.2.1.))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Desor, E. 1842. Monographies d'Échinodermes vivants et fossiles. Échinites. Famille des Clypéastroides. Quatrième monographie. Des Dysaster. Petitpierre, Neuchatel, 29 pp.
page(s): 25-26 [details]   
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Dysaster munsteri Desor, 1842 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592231 on 2024-05-01
Date
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2011-12-27 12:45:24Z
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2011-12-28 07:48:43Z
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original description Desor, E. 1842. Monographies d'Échinodermes vivants et fossiles. Échinites. Famille des Clypéastroides. Quatrième monographie. Des Dysaster. Petitpierre, Neuchatel, 29 pp.
page(s): 25-26 [details]   
From editor or global species database
Spelling In the original paper (Desor 1842) two different spellings have been used for this species: “Munsteri” (p. 9, 25-26, pl. 4) and “Münsteri” (p. 9, 27, 29). The species was named after Georg Graf zu Münster, a palaeontologist (Desor 1842: p. 26), which could thus be taken as “clear evidence of an inadvertent error“ (ICZN 1999 Art. 32.5.1). Furthermore, L. Agassiz & Desor (1847b: p. 33) acting as “First Reviser” (ICZN 1999 Art. 24.2.) choose the spelling “Münsteri”.
The spelling that has to be used thus is “Münsteri”, which according to ICZN 1999 Articles 32.5.2.1 and 32.5.2.5. is to be spelled “muensteri”.
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