Tom Perkins wrote:
* 1. "the stem for the purposes of the code is found by deleting
the case ending of the genitive singular." The genus name Nereis is the
'nominative' singular; the 'genitive' singular of Nereis is Nereidis;
'is' is the case ending; and 'Nereid' is the stem to which 'idae' is
added.
* 2.. "I would prefer that a matter such as this be decided by an
organization such as the International Poly. Assoc."
I wouldn't want to go on, on Nereididae, any longer, especially after Tom
Perkins's latest message (see * 1 & 2 ). In fact it is because of that,
that I just couldn't resist saying:
1. "as a Greek, I couldn't agree more",
2. absolutely and
3. addressing a new subject/name problem: Nephtys versus Nephthys ?!
Nadia Papadopoulou-Smith
nadiapap at imbc.gr
Institute of Marine Biology of Crete
