different between subspecies vs lectotype

English

Etymology

sub- +? species.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?s?bspi??i?z/, /-??z/, /-si?z/
• Hyphenation: sub?spe?cies

Noun

subspecies (plural subspecies)

1. (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below species.
2. (taxonomy) A taxon at that rank, often indicated with trinomial nomenclature (such as Felis silvestris silvestris in zoology and Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii in botany).
3. A subdivision of a species in other scientific disciplines.

Synonyms

• (abbreviations): ssp., subsp.

Derived terms

Related terms

• infraspecific
• infraspecific epithet
• subspecific
• subspecific epithet
• subspecific name

Translations

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sub?spe.ki.e?s/, [s??p?s?p?kie?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sup?spe.t??i.es/, [sup?sp??t??i?s]

Noun

subspeci?s f (genitive subspeci??); fifth declension

1. subspecies

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

Further reading

• subspecies on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (léktos, “chosen”),from ?????? (légein, “to choose”) + ????? (túpos, “blow, impression”).

Noun

lectotype (plural lectotypes)

1. (taxonomy) A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.
   • 1968, Arcie Lee McAlester, Type Species of Paleozoic Nuculoid Bivalve Genera, Geological Society of America, Memoir 105, page 19,

     The lectotype and paratype, which are before me, are both iron-stained, predominantly internal composite molds of left valves in a fine-grained, white quartzite matrix.

   • 2000, Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, page 27,

     Lectotype designation is justified under article 74.1.1 of the ICZN (1999) in order to fix the status of this specimen as the sole name-bearing type of this species.

Derived terms

• lectotypic
• lectotypification
• lectotypify
• isolectotype
• paralectotype

Translations

See also

• hapantotype

Anagrams

• leptocyte