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topotype

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top·o·type  (tp-tp)
n. Biology
A specimen of an organism taken from the type locality of that species.
topotype [ˈtɒpəˌtaɪp]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a specimen plant or animal taken from an area regarded as the typical habitat
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Bogan from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; who provided valuable advice, tissues from topotype specimens, and comments on the manuscript.
Field evaluation of mortality from hemolymph extraction as a source ... by McCartney, Michael A.; Sommer, Kristine; Wilbur, Ami E. / Journal of Shellfish Research
Another specimen, the ventral valve PSU 161/7, is a topotype (illustrated by Gravitis 1981, p.
Systematic position, distribution, and shell structure of the ... by Lang, Liisa; Puura, Ivar / Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
Paratypes (16) Juveniles and newly metamorphosed specimens of unknown sex ULABG 5377-5389; adult male ULABG 5390; adult females ULABG 5391-5392; all topotypes, bearing the same data as the holotype.
A frog survivor (amphibia: anura: aromobatidae: Mannophryne) of the ... by La Marca, Enrique / Herpetotropicos: Tropical Amphibians & Reptiles
 
 
 
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