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hypodigm Taxonomy.|ˈhaɪpəʊdaɪm, -dɪm|
[ad. Gr. ὑπόδειγµα example.]
The material on which the description of a species is based.
1940G. G. Simpson in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. CCXXXVIII. 418, I therefore propose the term ‘hypodigm’ (pronounced hý·podim, from the Greek ὑπόδειγµα, ‘token, example’). All the specimens used by the author of a species as his basis for inference, and this should mean all the specimens that he referred to the species, constitute his hypodigm of that species. Ibid., The hypodigm, whether it include one specimen or a thousand, is a sample from which the characters of a population are to be inferred. 1953E. Mayr et al. Methods & Princ. Syst. Zool. xii. 237 A hypodigm is all the available material of a species. This term is mentioned here because it is occasionally used in the paleontological literature. 1963Davis & Heywood Princ. Angiosperm Taxon. i. 11 The hypodigm changes with our knowledge of the species. 1972Nature 24 Mar. 180/1 The sixteen teeth which make up the hypodigm of this taxon [sc. Purgatorius unio] have, however, been correctly allocated. |