The Zoological Record

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The Zoological Record (ZR) is an electronic index of zoological literature that also serves as the unofficial register of scientific names in zoology.

It was started as a print publication in 1864 by the

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History

In 1864,

Albert Günther and a group of zoologists associated with the British Museum and the Zoological Society came together to begin work on The Record of Zoological Literature, the first volume of which was published in 1865 by John Van Voorst, covering zoological literature that had been published in 1864. This work was intended to be an English language counterpart to the German language zoological index Archiv für Naturgeschichte, but without the Archiv's publication delays. After the first six volumes were published, Van Voorst withdrew as publisher due to a lack of profits from the work. Concerned zoologists then formed the Zoological Association and published volumes 7–22 (1870–1885) as the Zoological Record. In 1886, the Zoological Association passed publication duties on to the Zoological Society. In 1900 a competing publication, the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, began publication. Section N of the Catalogue was intended to cover zoology, which caused subscription losses for the Zoological Record despite reviews stating that the Zoological Record was a superior publication. However, after negotiations, the Zoological Record itself became section N of the Catalogue. This arrangement ended with the advent of World War I.[2]

In 1980, the

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in electronic format only.

Coverage

The Zoological Record began coverage of different phyla in different years,[2] and as phyla have changed in both name and classification over time, the sections covering those phyla have also changed. What follows is a list of the phyla covered in the Zoological Record for different years:

1865[6] 1900[7] 1968[2] 2007
1.
Mammalia
 1. General Subjects 1. Comprehensive zoology 1. Comprehensive zoology
2.
Aves
 2.
Mammalia
 2. Protozoa 2. Protozoa
3.
Reptilia
 3.
Aves
 3.
Porifera
 3.
Porifera & Archaeocyatha
4. Pisces 4.
Reptilia & Batrachia
 4. Coelenterata 4. Coelenterata & Ctenophora
5. Mollusca 5. Pisces 5.
Echinodermata
 5.
Echinodermata
6.
Molluscoida
 6.
Tunicata
 6. Vermes 6A.
Nematoda etc.
7.
Crustacea
 7. Mollusca 7.
Brachiopoda
 6B.
Annelida
& Miscellaneous minor phyla
8.
Arachnida
 8.
Brachiopoda
 8. Bryozoa 6C.
Conodonta
& Fossil miscellanea
9.
Myriopoda
 9. Bryozoa 9. Mollusca 7.
Brachiopoda
10.
Insecta
 10.
Crustacea
 10.
Crustacea
 8. Bryozoa (Polyzoa) & Entoprocta
   
Coleoptera
 11.
Arachnida
 11.
Trilobita
 9. Mollusca
    Hymenoptera 12.
Myriopoda & Prototracheata
 12.
Arachnida
 10.
Crustacea
    Lepidoptera 13.
Insecta
 13.
Insecta
 11.
Trilobitomorpha
   
Diptera
 14. Echinoderma 14.
Protochordata
 12.
Arachnida & Smaller arthropod groups
    Neuroptera 15. Vermes 15. Pisces 13A.
General Insecta & smaller orders
    Orthoptera 16.
Cœlenterata
 16.
Amphibia
 13B.
Coleoptera
   
Rhynchota
 17.
Spongiæ
 17.
Reptilia
 13C.
Diptera
11.
Rotifera
 18. Protozoa 18.
Aves
 13D. Lepidoptera
12.
Annelida
 Alphabetical Index of New Names of Genera and Subgenera 19.
Mammalia
 13E. Hymenoptera
13.
Helminthes
 20. List of new genera, etc. 13F. Hemiptera
14.
Echinodermata
 14.
Protochordata
15.
Cœlenterata
 15. Pisces
16. Protozoa 16.
Amphibia
17.
Reptilia
18.
Aves
19.
Mammalia
20. List of new taxonomic names

Zoological names

There has never been a single official repository for the recording of zoological names, despite the widespread recognition in the scientific community of the need for a comprehensive database of living organisms.[8][9][10] The ZR remains the unofficial record of zoological names since it indexes approximately 90% of the world's literature in zoology.

In 1995, the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature was under development for the revised fourth edition (to be published in 1999). In the development, a recommendation was made for a process of "international notification" for new names in zoology. Since the Zoological Record indexes approximately 90% of the world literature on zoological nomenclature, it was seen as a good starting place for that process of notification. In response to this need, BIOSIS developed the Index to Organism Names (ION), a free and freely accessible database that serves as an index to those names published in the Zoological Record.[9] When BIOSIS was purchased by Thomson Reuters, ION was updated with names from additional databases, such as BIOSIS Previews and Biological Abstracts.[citation needed]

Similar biological nomenclature organizations and databases exist, such as the

Taxonomic Database Working Group (TDWG).[9] Web-based collaborative projects also exist, such as the Tree of Life Web Project, Encyclopedia of Life, Catalogue of Life, and Wikispecies
.

Online availability

Most of the issues of The Zoological Record, published between 1870 and 1922, are available online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library.[11] More recent issues are not available at open access to the public in a digitised image format.

References

  1. ^ "Zoological Record: Print Volume Number Information". Clarivate Analytics Support. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 21 August 2019. 2016 volume 152. 2016 was the last year that the print version of Zoological Record was made available.
  2. ^
    doi:10.3366/jsbnh.1968.5.1.23
    .
  3. ISSN 8755-6286
    .
  4. ISSN 8755-6286
    .
  5. ISSN 0950-9879
    .
  6. ^ The Record of Zoological Literature, 1865
  7. ^ The Zoological Record, 1900
  8. S2CID 20975643
    .
  9. ^
    ISSN 0007-5167. Archived from the original
    on 2010-03-12.
  10. ISSN 0007-5167. Archived from the original
    on 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
  11. ^ Zoological record at Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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