- heautotype
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a specimen figured by an author as an illustration of a species or subspecies which has previously been descried as new by him/her, cf. plesiotype
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
heautotype
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heautotype — n. [Gr. heautou, of itself; typos, image] A specimen used by the original describer as an illustration of his species and compared with the type or cotype; a hypotype … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
autotype — see heautotype … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
