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Holotype vs Paratype - What's the difference?

holotype | paratype | see also |

As nouns the difference between holotype and paratype

is that holotype is the single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to be used when the taxon was formally described while paratype is a specimen of an organism that is used as the basis of a taxonomic description.

holotype

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to be used when the taxon was formally described.

    • paratype

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) A specimen of an organism that is used as the basis of a taxonomic description

    • See also

    *holotype