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. 2020 Apr 30:931:1-9.
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.931.51583. eCollection 2020.

Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature

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Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature

International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature. Zookeys. .

Abstract

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN, or Commission) considered amendments to Articles of its Constitution (ICZN 1999a) at a special session in Singapore, convened on June 3-7, 2019. During this meeting, Commissioners also planned revisions to the Bylaws, the current International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999b, 2003, 2012, 2017) and ZooBank user policies.

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