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type specimen

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology the original specimen from which a description of a new species is made Also called holotype

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type specimen - the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made

holotype

example, model - a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example"

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allotype cotype example holotype model neotype type type locality			Type specimens are deposited at Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Oseanologi, Jakarta, Indonesia (NCIP), United States National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. Two new species of damselfishes (Pomacentridae: Chromis) from ... by Allen, Gerald R.; Erdmann, Mark V. / aqua: International Journal of Ichthyology Type Specimens of Dracoglossum sinuatum Uncovered in the Rio de Janeiro Herbarium. Type specimens of Dracoglossum sinuatum uncovered in the Rio de ... by Christenhusz, Maarten J.M. / American Fern Journal Each of these type specimens - the last word in taxonomic authority - is backed up by dozens, hundreds and even thousands of other specimens, from all of the planet's myriad habitats and ecological niches. All creatures great and small by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			type A type AB type B type bar type family type founder Type foundry type genus type I allergic reaction type I diabetes type I error type II diabetes type II error type in type IV allergic reaction type load type locality type metal type O type of architecture type out type site type slug type species type specimen type specimens type unit type unit data file type up Type wheel type-cast type-high typebar typecase typecast typeface types of burst typescript typeset typesetter typesetter's case typesetting typesetting machine typestyle typewrite typewriter typewriter carriage typewriter font typewriter keyboard typewriter paper typewriter ribbon			Type One Diabetes Assistance and Enlightenment type out type out type over Type Pack Type Physical Inventory Code Type physicalism Type physicalism Type polymorphism Type Rating Examiner Type Rating Instructor Type Rating Training Organization Type Requisition Code type scaler type scheme Type section Type setting Type setting type site type sites type size type slug Type Something Long type species type species type species type species Type Specific Driver type specificity type specimen type specimens Type Storage Code type style Type system type T personality Type T-Negative Type T-Positive Mental Type T-Positive Physical Type three secretion system Type three secretion system Type three secretion system Type three secretion system Type To Learn Type To You Later Type Training Type Training in Port Type Transaction Phrase Code type unit type unit characteristics file Type Unit Characteristics Report type unit data file type unit data file Type Unit Equipment Data File Type Unit Equipment Detail Type Unit Equipment Detail File Type Unit Equipment Detail Report Type Unit Report type up type up type V type V

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