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Homotypic vs Antimere - What's the difference?

homotypic | antimere |

As an adjective homotypic

is (botany) literally "with the same type" in botanical nomenclature a homotypic synonym (or nomenclatural synonym) is a synonym that comes into being through a nomenclatural act.

As a noun antimere is

(biology) one of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.

homotypic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (botany) literally "with the same type". In botanical nomenclature a homotypic synonym (or nomenclatural synonym) is a synonym that comes into being through a nomenclatural act
  • # when a taxon gets a new name, without being included in another taxon (of the same rank). The old name becomes a homotypic synonym of the new name.
  • # when a new name for a taxon is coined without displacing the existing name, the new name becomes a homotypic synonym.
    • : The zoological equivalent is "objective synonym".

    Antonyms

    * heterotypic

    antimere

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.
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