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type species

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type species
n.
A holotype.

type species
See holotype.
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Noun1.type species - (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongstype species - (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongs
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
species - (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed


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The Zaire virus is the type species, which is also the first discovered and the most lethal.
INTRODUCTION The type species of the genus Bicarinatina Batrukova, Lingula bicarinata, was first described by Kutorga (1837) from the Middle Devonian sandstones in the town of Tartu, Estonia, from the beds assigned today to the Arukula Regional Stage.
 
 
 
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