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Glossary: type

Can be used to refer to any taxonomic group, the characteristics of which are used for defining related, higher or lower ranking groups.

For example, the type of a nominal species is a specimen (type specimen), the type of a nominal genus is the nominal species (type species), and the type of a nominal family is the nominal genus (type genus).