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a type chosen by the author of a name; cf. a lectotype, which is chosen by a later author.
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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 example (or illustration) or one of several such, but explicitly designated as the holotype. Under the ICZN, a holotype is one of several kinds of n...
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A single specimen designated or indicated the type specimen by the original author at the time of publication of the original description
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The single specimen designated or indicated as 'the type' by the original author at the time of publication of the original description.
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(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 ...
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The type specimen of a species is the actual insect from which the original description of that species was produced
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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.
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<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) ...
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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.
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specimen that serves as the standard bearer of a species or subspecies name.
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(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.
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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 designation: "THIS name refers to THIS animal." Often, other...
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The specimen designated by the taxonomist to which the name of a newly created taxon applies. If there is ever a dispute about the validity of a taxon, then the holotype is critical in deciding its status relative to other described taxa.
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a single specimen selected by the author of a species as its type, or the only specimen known at the time of description
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type specimen
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A single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used to formally describe a species. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration), or one of several such that has been explicitly designated as the holotype. Holotypes act as a reference point for taxonomic work.
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the type specimen used in the original description of a species.
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