holotype
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- Replacements for lost or faulty holotypes
- See also
- References
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thumb|Holotype with red type label affixed thumb|Holotype of Marocaster coronatus, [[MHNT]] thumb|Live holotype of Eupolybothrus cavernicolus thumb|thumbtime=2:54|Video of the capture of the holotype for the jellyfish species Santjordia pagesi, as recorded by a [[remotely operated underwater vehicle.]]
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism that is the one that was used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It may be the only such physical example (or illustration), or it may have been explicitly designated as the holotype from among several examples. Under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), there are several kinds of name-bearing types, and a holotype is one of them. Between the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) and the ICZN, the definitions of types are similar in intent but not identical in terminology or underlying concept.