Taxon classification Animalia Amphipoda Priscomilitaridae

Family Priscomilitaridae Hirayama, 1988

Remarks.

This family name was subsequently used as Priscomilitariidae by Myers and Lowry (2003). The generic name of its type species, Priscomilitaris, ends in a Latin word, militaris (genitive militaris, stem militar-). Therefore, the stem of this family name should be Priscomilitar- according to the Art 29.3. of the Code (ICZN 1999). The original spelling by Hirayama (1988) is thus obviously correct. Because Myers and Lowry (2003) did not provide a statement for any demonstrably intentional change of the spelling Priscomilitaridae, the spelling Priscomilitariidae is an incorrect subsequent spelling according to the Art 33.3. of the Code. This incorrect spelling is used in the influential web sources, e.g. WoRMS (Horton and Lowry 2015). The incorrect spelling of Priscomilitaridae on those web registries should be emended to avoid additional erroneous citations of the spelling of this family name.