Concept information
Preferred term
nyctonym
Definition
- Monaptonym whose monophoric onomatophore cannot be identified as belonging to a known taxon. (Dubois 2011a)
Note
- Etymology: G: νύξ, νυκτός (nyx, nyctos), night, darkness - ὄνομα (onoma), name.
Scope note
- Code: No term
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
- Dubois, A. (2011) The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature must be drastically improved before it is too late. Bionomina, 2: 1–104. [ https://doi.org/10.11646/bionomina.2.1.1 ]
Identifier
- 212
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/FM8-SM9XQZ86-M
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