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Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: A collective international appeal Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro Manzano, Saúl Gowda, Vinita Krell, Frank-Thorsten Lin, Mei-Ying Martín-Bravo, Santiago Martín-Torrijos, Laura Nieto Feliner, Gonzalo Mosyakin, Sergei L Naczi, Robert FC Acedo, Carmen Alvarez, Inés Crisci, Jorge V Luceño Garcés, Modesto Manning, John Moreno Saiz, Juan Carlos Muthama Muasya, A Riina, Ricarda Sánchez Meseguer, Andrea y 1543 coatores más Sánchez Mata, Daniel Pablo De La Cruz The fundamental value of universal nomenclatural systems in biology is that they enable unambiguous scientific communication. However, the stability of these systems is threatened by recent discussions asking for a fairer nomenclature, raising the possibility of bulk revision processes for “inappropriate” names. It is evident that such proposals come from very deep feelings, but we show how they can irreparably damage the foundation of biological communication and, in turn, the sciences that depend on it. There are four essential consequences of objective codes of nomenclature: universality, stability, neutrality, and transculturality. These codes provide fair and impartial guides to the principles governing biological nomenclature and allow unambiguous universal communication in biology. Accordingly, no subjective proposals should be allowed to undermine them. 2026-01-05T16:42:42Z 2026-01-05T16:42:42Z 2026-01-05T16:42:42Z 2024-06-19 journal article https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/129539 XXXX-XXXX doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae043 eng Jiménez-Mejías P, Manzano S, Gowda V, et al. Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: A collective international appeal. BioScience 2024;74:467–72. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae043 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Oxford University Press