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holotype Biol.|ˈhɒləʊtaɪp|
[f. holo- + type n.1 8 e.]
A specimen chosen as the basis of the first description of a new species.
1897C. 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. 1946Nature 23 Nov. 762/1 The holotype and only specimen of this was housed in the Bristol Museum. 1964Internat. Code Zool. Nomencl. xvi. 77 If a nominal species is based on a single specimen, that specimen is the ‘holotype’. 1966Internat. Code Bot. Nomencl. ii. 18 As long as a holotype is extant, it automatically fixes the application of the name concerned. |