Type (biology)
ANCHORING POINT (OF A NAME) IN TAXONOMY
Type specimen; Neotype; Biological types; Lectotype; Type (botany); Type (zoology); Botanical type; Clonotype; Type locality (biology); Type material; Paralectotype; Typus; Onomatophore; Cotype; Biological type; Hapantotype; Type specimens; Types in zoology; Type location (biology); Type illustration; Locality (biology); Type-specimen; Orthotype; Isoneotype; Plastotype; Isolectotype; Iconotype; Type series; Neotypification; Lectotypification; Ergatotype; Lectotype specimen; Type host; Typetaxon; Type (taxonomy); Series of type specimens; Hypotype
In biology, a type is a particular [(or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism] to which the [[scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to anchor or centralize the defining features of that particular taxon.