Nemesignis, a Replacement Name for Nemesis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Myrrhinidae), Preoccupied by Nemesis Risso, 1826 (Crustacea, Copepoda)

Giulia Furfaro; Paolo Mariottini

doi:10.3390/life11080809

Nemesignis, a Replacement Name for Nemesis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Myrrhinidae), Preoccupied by Nemesis Risso, 1826 (Crustacea, Copepoda)

Life (Basel). 2021 Aug 10;11(8):809. doi: 10.3390/life11080809.

Authors

Giulia Furfaro¹, Paolo Mariottini²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies-DiSTeBA, University of Salento, I-73100 Lecce, Italy.
² Department of Science, University of Roma Tre, I-00146 Rome, Italy.

Abstract

The genus Nemesis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021, was recently introduced for an independent lineage of aeolid nudibranchs, and Dondice banyulensis Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960, established as its type species. Anyway, the presence of a senior homonym, Nemesis Risso, 1826, was evidently missed. In fact, in 1826, Risso established this genus for a group of Copepoda (Arthropoda, Crustacea) and according to the Principle of Priority (ICZN) only the senior homonym may be used as a valid name. Therefore, a new replacement name is here proposed. Furthermore, the genus name Nanuca Er. Marcus, 1957, has priority over Dondice Er. Marcus, 1958 and consequently, the species in this clade should be classified under Nanuca, mostly as new combinations.

Keywords: Dondice; Heterobranchia; ICZN; homonym.