holotype

single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described
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holotype

Summary

holotype is a type specimen[1]. holotype draws 422 Wikipedia views per month (type_specimen category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • holotype's image is recorded as Zacria vojtechi Holotype female upperside (Australia, Lake Berlee) (ANIC).jpg[3].
  • holotype's instance of is recorded as type specimen[4].
  • holotype's subclass of is recorded as nomenclatural type[5].
  • holotype's Commons category is recorded as Holotypes[6].
  • holotype's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01yvyp[7].
  • holotype's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 505939[8].
  • holotype's facet of is recorded as zoological nomenclature[9].
  • holotype's facet of is recorded as botanical nomenclature[10].
  • holotype's facet of is recorded as prokaryote nomenclature[11].
  • holotype's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0114797[12].
  • holotype's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0114798[13].
  • holotype's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/holotype[14].
  • holotype's NE.se ID is recorded as holotyp[15].
  • holotype's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as holotypes[16].
  • holotype's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as holotype[17].
  • holotype's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 199799051[18].
  • holotype's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C199799051[19].
  • holotype's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C3019924719[20].
  • holotype's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 386131[21].
  • holotype's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as holotip[22].
  • holotype's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 71032[23].

Body

Designation and Status

holotype's instance of is recorded as type specimen[4].

Cultural Significance

Things named for holotype include Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group[24], a classification scheme[25], in United States[26], founded in 2011[27].

Why It Matters

holotype draws 422 Wikipedia views per month (type_specimen category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] holotype has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] holotype is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for holotype include Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group[24], a classification scheme[25], in United States[26], founded in 2011[27].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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