subordinate taxon
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taxon — (plural taxa)) any taxonomic unit (named or not) or category such as a family, genus, or species. It includes all taxa of lower rank and all individual organisms. A nominal taxon is the taxon, as objectively defined by its type, to which any… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Monotypic taxon — Monotypic redirects here. For the type of printmaking, see monotyping. In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group with only one biological type. The term s usage differs slightly between botany and zoology. The term monotypic has a… … Wikipedia
nominate taxon — /ˈnɒmənət tæksɒn/ (say nomuhnuht takson) noun (plural nominate taxa) Zoology, Botany a subordinate taxon which bears the same name (with the exception of suffixes indicating rank) as its immediate higher taxon …
auxiliary type — a specimen or element to serve as type of a subordinate taxon when the type of a major taxon is inadequate to assign subordinate rank names to the type. Also called sustaining specimen … Dictionary of ichthyology
sustaining specimen — auxiliary type (a specimen or element to serve as type of a subordinate taxon when the type of a major taxon is inadequate to assign subordinate rank names to the type) … Dictionary of ichthyology
Monotypic — is an adjective that refers to a taxonomic group with only one type: In botany, monotypic means that a taxon has only one species: Ginkgo is a monotypic genus, while Ginkgoaceae is a monotypic family. The phrase is not accurate in cases where a… … Wikipedia
nominate — adj. [L. nomen, name] Pertaining to a subordinate taxon that contains the type of the subdivided higher taxon and bears the same name as the original parent taxon … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
nominotypical — of a subordinate taxon, that it contains the type of a subdivided higher taxon, and bears the same name, with a suffix in family group names which is amended according to rank … Dictionary of ichthyology
referral — transfer of a subordinate taxon from one taxon to another, e.g. species removed from one genus and referred to another, genus removed from one family and referred to another … Dictionary of ichthyology
monotypic — adj. [Gr. monos, one; typos, type] Pertains to a taxon containing only one immediate subordinate taxon, as a genus containing only one species, or a species containing only one subspecies … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
