Syntype

Close-up profile view of a Nylanderia pygmaea syntype male preserved in Baltic amber at the Natural History Museum, Vienna

In biological nomenclature, a syntype is any one of two or more biological types that is listed in a description of a taxon where no holotype was designated. Precise definitions of this and related terms for types have been established as part of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants.


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