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In biology, a type is a particular specimen of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally associated. In other words, a type is an example that serves to anchor or centraliz
Type specimen for Marocaster coronatus
A gossamer-winged butterfly, Jamides elioti: 1) dorsal and 2) ventral aspect of holotype, 3) dorsal and 4) ventral aspect of paratype
Type illustration of Mormopterus acetabulosus
The common toad, Bufo bufo described by Linnaeus, is the type species for the genus Bufo
Carl Linnaeus
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Carl Linnaeus, also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as
Type (biology)
…potential for confusion, especially considering that it is not uncommon for a series of syntypes to contain specimens of more than one species. Formally, Carl Linnaeus is the lectotype for Homo sapiens, designated in 1959. He published the first book considered to be part of zoological nomenclature, the 10th edition…
Portrait by Alexander Roslin, 1775
Birthplace at Råshult
Örtaboken (Herb book), an early Linnaeus manuscript, 1725
Statue as a university student in Lund, by Ansgar Almquist