holotypen.
/ˈhɒləʊtʌɪp/ Biology.
A specimen chosen as the basis of the first description of a new species. Cf. cotype n., syntype n.
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1897 C. Schuchert in Science 23 Apr. 637/2 A holotype in natural history is a particular individual deliberately selected by the author of a species, or it may be the only example of a species known at the time of original publication.
1920 Brit. Museum Return 111 Freshwater and terrestrial Crustacea (including the holotype of a new species) from Mesopotamia.
1946 Nature 23 Nov. 762/1 The holotype and only specimen of this was housed in the Bristol Museum.
1964 Internat. Code Zool. Nomencl. xvi. 77 If a nominal species is based on a single specimen, that specimen is the ‘holotype’.
1966 Internat. Code Bot. Nomencl. ii. 18 As long as a holotype is extant, it automatically fixes the application of the name concerned.
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