name-bearing type

== English == === Noun === name-bearing type (plural name-bearing types) (taxonomy, of a taxon) For a species or lower-order taxon, a type (specimen or illustration) that determines the application of the species name; for a genus, the type species; for a family, the type genus. ==== Usage notes ==== At species level or below, a name-bearing type is a physical specimen or illustration (usually the holotype, but it can be a lectotype, neotype or other type). For higher-level taxa (i.e., genus or family), it is a taxonomic group of the next-lower level. The name-bearing type of a family is the genus whose name forms the root of the family name (e.g., Spheniscus is the type genus of Spheniscidae). ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === International Code of Zoological Nomenclature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Principle of Typification on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Type (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia