Syntype
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Syntype is a noun meaning (taxonomy) Any one of two or more specimens specified in the description of a species (or lower-order taxon), where no specimen has been designated as holotype.
Meaning
(taxonomy) Any one of two or more specimens specified in the description of a species (or lower-order taxon), where no specimen has been designated as holotype.
Example Sentences
One ♂ syntype is in the Zoological Museum, Berlin [ZMB 17714] – see Moritz & Fischer (1981).
Noting two syntypes of hoplomystax with 1 instead of 2 midventral scales posterior to the origin of the pelvics, and the unusual color of S. abbotti, Dr. Bohlke kindly sent these fishes on loan.
1999, Raina L. Takumi, A Systematic Review of the Ectemnius (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) of Hawaii, University of California Publications in Entomology, Volume 118, University of California Press, page 49, Of the specimens examined, 38 (20♂, 18♀) were collected by Perkins prior to 1899 and are possible syntypes.
Word Forms
- syntypes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include paratype, holotype, hypotype, topotype, lectotype, isotype.
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