Biology · THE LIVING WORLD

Identify the INCORRECT statement among the universal rules of binomial nomenclature:

Biological names are generally in Latin and written in italics.
The first word represents the genus starting with a capital letter, while the second component represents the specific epithet starting with a small letter.
Both words in a biological name, when handwritten, are jointly underlined with a single continuous line.
Name of the author appears after the specific epithet in an abbreviated form.

Correct answer · Option 3

Both words in a biological name, when handwritten, are jointly underlined with a single continuous line.

When handwritten, both words in a biological name must be separately underlined (not jointly), or printed in italics to indicate their Latin origin.