Kali
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:40 AM
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In taxonomy there is a term for the specimen |
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In taxonomy there is a term for the specimen from which a species is described. I will die or at least be unable to go to sleep until I remember this word. Please help! context: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3931951
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:44 AM
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:46 AM
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Kali
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:54 AM
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5. something like this aaarrrrgggg |
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I can't find it anywhere!!!! Those collections of dead birds in museums, usually the first or best is the...the.... the...:banghead:
something-otype? not phenotype, Oh man this is going to dirveme nuts.
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:49 AM
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3. Couple of stabs (largely in the dark) |
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Exemplum? Exemplar? Generis? Typica?
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Richard Steele
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:51 AM
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4. The word is "holotype". |
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Mon Aug-29-05 02:01 AM
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:woohoo:
Excellent - can I buy you a beer? :toast:
I can sleep!
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Mon Aug-29-05 02:13 AM
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8. Is that only a zoological term? -- the list was headed |
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as being zoological taxa.
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Mon Aug-29-05 02:12 AM
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7. "Type specimen" is the term I've always used, |
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although I admit to being old enough to remember when there were only two kingdoms: Plnatae and Animalia. I would not be surprised to learn that some taxonomists are using a more esoteric term.
However, a Google search shows that many sources (Harvard, NY Botanical Garden, Amsterdam Zool. Museum, etc.) are still using the term "type specimen."
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Richard Steele
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Mon Aug-29-05 02:50 AM
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9. "Type Specimen" is what I had always heard. "Holotype" was new to me. |
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But when it turned up on the Google, I figured that it was the word the OP wanted.
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