hapantotype

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Noun

hapantotype (plural hapantotypes)

  1. (taxonomy) Any of two or more type specimens of protistans, where the type consists of two or more specimens of directly related individuals representing distinct stages in the life cycle, and collectively treated as a single entity. Lectotypes cannot be designated from among them.