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Paratype vs Lectotype - What's the difference?

paratype | lectotype |

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

    English

    (wikipedia 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.
  • *

    • Derived terms

    * lectotypic * paralectotype

    See also

    * hapantotype