Priority vs. tradition-<i>Tracheliastes polycolpus</i> von Nordmann, 1832 (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) revisited!

ABSTRACT: This paper represents a rare case in parasitology where a reversal of the Principle of Priority of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) would be beneficial to all users, including not only scientists but also the general public. In some rare cases, a long-established name turns out to be a junior synonym when an older, less-known name claims the priority. Unfortunately, such situations have the potential to disrupt intergenerational continuity of parasitological nomenclature. After 193 years, one of the best-known European fish parasites could have lost its well-established name in favor of its senior synonym, long forgotten by history and predating the now junior synonym by 49 years. The parasite under scrutiny is Tracheliastes polycolpus von Nordmann, 1832. In

SUBMITTER: Piasecki W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12603700 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature