NOUN
- (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongs
How To Use type species In A Sentence
- However, until all the characters of the type species are known, its superfamilial position will remain unclear.
- Brice's study was a major improvement over that of Wallace in that she restudied topotype specimens of the type species, although her serial-sections did not reveal certain key internal structures of the dorsal valve.
- The only diagnostic characters the type species has are the straight anterior border with a central raised area and a tapered glabella.
- Although first described 140 years ago, the original material of the type species of the genus, C. spiniger from Wisconsin, has never been restudied.
- In general, the morphology of the carapace of the type species is more subtle than that exhibited on the new species.
- The type species of Pleuronectites is not monomorphic but shows a substantial range of variation from its earliest to latest occurrences in the Muschelkalk of the Germanic Basin.