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paratype
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paratype [′parĀ·ə‚tīp]
(systematics)
A specimen other than the holotype which is before the author at the time of original description and which is designated as such or is clearly indicated as being one of the specimens upon which the original description was based.


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Remarks As noted before, small paratypic specimens of Chorocaris chacei (five specimens of USNM 228454 and one specimen of MNHN-Na 10535) are the stage B juvenile of Rimicaris exoculata.
 
 
 
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