If you saw all those variants in the same paper, that seems like just sloppy editing. I doubt if there is any implied difference in meaning or emphasis, or that it has to do with how common the organism is. Organizations like the Council of Biological Editors set standards for things like this, and most responsible journal editors adhere to them.
Martin M. Meiss 2015-12-29 21:08 GMT-05:00 Jorge A. Santiago-Blay <blayjo...@gmail.com>: > Dear Ecolog-Listers: > > I came across a paper that renders the name and authorship of the Common > Green Iguana, as > > *Iguana iguana *Linnaeus, 1758. Yet, other references have it as > > *Iguana iguana *(Linnaeus, 1758). Finally, one has it > > *Iguana iguana *(Linnaeus),1758 > > Is there an interesting story behind the differences in rendering the > authority of such a common animal? If you think you know the correct > explanation, please consider sending me an email, blayjo...@gmail.com > > Apologies for potential duplicate emails, gratefully, > > Jorge > > Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD > blaypublishers.com > > 1. Positive experiences for authors of papers published in *LEB* > http://blaypublishers.com/testimonials/ > > 2. Free examples of papers published in *LEB*: > http://blaypublishers.com/category/previous-issues/. > > 3. *Guidelines for Authors* and page charges of *LEB*: > http://blaypublishers.com/archives/ *.* > > 4. Want to subscribe to *LEB*? http://blaypublishers.com/subscriptions/ > > > http://blayjorge.wordpress.com/ > http://paleobiology.si.edu/staff/individuals/santiagoblay.cfm >
