[CPN] Proposed revisions of Article 11--CALL FOR A VOTE

[David Marjanovic]

> When faced with the situation David describes, many (perhaps most)
> systematists who wanted to name a clade with the new specimen as a
> specifier would either assign it to the previously named species or
> name a new species with that specimen as a type.  In either case, the
> type would be used as a specifier.  If the researcher thinks the
> specimen does not belong to any previously described species but there
> is some reason not to describe a new species based on it, then this is
> one of the situations where it would be acceptable to use a non-type as
> a specifier.  In other words, the rule is working appropriately in this
> situation.

So it's up to the author of the clade name, and their decision can't be challenged later on the grounds that the specifier is deemed (by the challenger) to belong to a named species?

If so, that's fine, but it should be spelled out in a note.