epitype
epitype · epitypes
An additional, clarifying type of a species or lower-order taxon, provided when the…An additional, clarifying type (specimen or illustration) of a species or lower-order taxon, provided when the holotype and paratypes from the original classification are demonstrably ambiguous or insufficient.
Meaning
2 sensesAn additional, clarifying type (specimen or illustration) of a species or lower-order taxon, provided when the holotype and paratypes from the original classification are demonstrably ambiguous or insufficient.
An epigenetic alteration in a gene.