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Homotype vs Holotype - What's the difference?

homotype | holotype |

As nouns the difference between homotype and holotype

is that homotype is that which has the same fundamental type of structure with something else while holotype is the single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to be used when the taxon was formally described.

homotype

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) That which has the same fundamental type of structure with something else.
    • The right arm is the homotype of the right leg.
    One arm is the homotype of the other.
    (Owen)
    (Webster 1913)

    holotype

    English

    Noun

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