Biology · THE LIVING WORLD

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

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

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Correct answer · Option C

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.