The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to emend the spelling of the family-group name Cepheidae Berlese, 1896 (Acariformes) to remove homonymy with Cepheidae Agassiz, 1862 (Cnidaria). The stem of the acariform generic name Cepheus Koch, 1835 has been emended to Cepheus- to give Cepheusidae Berlese, 1896, while the stem of the cnidarian generic name Cephea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 remains unaltered.
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29 December 2023
Opinion 2495 (Case 3785) – Cepheidae Berlese, 1896 (Acariformes): emended to Cepheusidae to remove homonymy with Cepheidae Agassiz, 1862 (Cnidaria)
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Cephea
Cepheidae
Cepheus
Cepheusidae
homonymy
nomenclature
taxonomy