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Issue: Vol. 5647 No. 5: 18 Jun. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-06-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5647.5.9
Page range: 499-500
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 5

Correction of the specific epithet in Helobdella serendipitous Saglam et al. 2018 (Annelida: Hirudinea) as Helobdella serendipitosa, in accordance with Latin grammar

Department of Aquaculture and Fish Diseases; Fisheries Faculty; Firat University; 23119 Elazig; Türkiye
Biology Department; Rutgers The State University of New Jersey; 201 South Broadway; Camden; NJ 08103; USA
Annelida Hirudinea

References

  1. Etymonline (2025) Etymology of “serendipitous” by etymonline. Available from: https://www.etymonline.com/word/serendipitous (accessed 6 May 2025)
  2. ICZN (1999) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. 4thEdition. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London, 306 pp.
  3. ICZN (2025a) Article 30. Gender of genus-group names. Available from: https://code.iczn.org/formation-and-treatment-of-names/article-30-gender-of-genus-group-names/ (accessed 6 May 2025)
  4. ICZN (2025b) Article 31. Species-group names. Available from: https://code.iczn.org/formation-and-treatment-of-names/article-31-species-group-names/ (accessed 6 May 2025)
  5. ICZN (2025c) Article 34. Mandatory changes in spelling consequent upon changes in rank or combination. Available from: https://code.iczn.org/formation-and-treatment-of-names/article-31-species-group-names/?frame=1 (accessed 6 May 2025)
  6. Littauer, R. (2025) Corrections for agreement in gender in Notonectidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) under Article 31 of the Code. Zootaxa, 5618 (2), 287–288. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5618.2.8
  7. Saglam, N., Kutschera, U., Saunders, R., Saidel, W.M., Balombini, K.L.W. & Shain, D.H. (2018) Phylogenetic and morphological resolution of the Helobdella stagnalis species-complex (Annelida: Clitellata: Hirudinea). Zootaxa, 4403 (1), 61–86, pls. 1. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4403.1.3
  8. Saglam, N., Kutschera, U., Saunders, R., Saidel, W.M., Balombini, K.L.W. & Shain, D.H. (2019) Correct spelling of a recently described species of Helobdella (Annelida: Clitellata: Hirudinea). Zootaxa, 4571 (2), 277. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4571.2.8

How to Cite

Saglam, N. & Shain, D.H. (2025) Correction of the specific epithet in Helobdella serendipitous Saglam et al. 2018 (Annelida: Hirudinea) as Helobdella serendipitosa, in accordance with Latin grammar. Zootaxa, 5647 (5), 499–500. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.5.9