In biology terms the difference between paratype and lectotype
is that paratype is a specimen of an organism that is used as the basis of a taxonomic description while lectotype is a biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.
paratype
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(biology) A specimen of an organism that is used as the basis of a taxonomic description
See also
*holotype
lectotype
Noun
(
en noun)
(biology) A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.
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Derived terms
* lectotypic
* paralectotype
See also
* hapantotype