| 释义 |
cotype Bot. and Zool.|ˈkəʊtaɪp|
[f. co- + type n.1]
One of two or more specimens upon which the description of a species is based; an additional type-specimen; = syntype (which has superseded cotype).
1893O. Thomas in Proc. Zool. Soc. 242 A Co-type is one of two or more specimens together forming the basis of a species, no type having been selected. 1898Smithsonian Rep. 33 A number of valuable types and cotypes of fishes have also been transmitted by the Commission. 1938Nature 3 Dec. 990/1 The collection [sc. specimens from a fern herbarium] comprises more than 14,000 specimens with more than 800 types and 800 co-types. 1964Internat. Code Zool. Nomencl. xvi. 79 To avoid misunderstandings, a zoologist should not use the term ‘cotype’. |