Look up: holotype


  1. Holotype
    A holotype is a specimen of an organisn that serves as the standard for a species or a subspecies; it is often the first of its kind to be scientifically reported and described.
    Found op http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/

  2. holotype
    The single specimen designated or indicated as 'the type' by the original author at the time of publication of the original description.
    Found op http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary/Defs_H.htm

  3. holotype
    <zoology> A single specimen designated or indicated the type specimen by the original author at the time of publication of the original description. ... (09 Jan 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?holotype

  4. holotype
    (from the article `taxonomy`) A complex nomenclature is applied to the different sorts of type specimens. The holotype is a single specimen designated by the original describer of ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/63

  5. Holotype
    For a proper understanding of the type concept it is recommended to read the general introduction. A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holotype

  6. Holotype
    Among the primary types, a holotype is the original specimen selected as the type, and from which the original description for the type or the original illustration (photograph) was made.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  7. Holotype
    A specimen that serves as the standard bearer of a species or subspecies name.
    Found op http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalenet/glossary.htm

  8. Holotype
    The specimen of an animal (or plant) which is designated in the publication when the organism is named, as representing what is meant by the new name. The holotype specimen may or may not be the first ever collected, and may or may not be a good example of its kind. But it is the official designatio...
    Found op http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/herps/glossary.html

  9. holotype
    (Gk: holos=the whole; typos=figure, type) the species used for naming and describing a species. Holotypes are carefully stored in museums around the world, because they are the ultimate reference for any named species.
    Found op http://www.seafriends.org.nz/books/glossary.htm

  10. holotype
    a type chosen by the author of a name; cf. a lectotype, which is chosen by a later author.
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_botanical_terms

  11. holotype
    1) Example 2) Model 3) Type specimen
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/holotype/1

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