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Critical Comment: Designation and Curatorial Management of Type Host Specimens (Symbiotypes) for New Parasite Species
Document Type Article
Published in the Journal of Parasitology, vol. 78, no. 5 (1992): 930-932. Copyright 1992, the American Society of Parasitologists. Used by permission.
Abstract
The accurate identification of a host organism is an important component in the taxonomic recognition of a new species of parasite. Correct identification, curatorial management, and safekeeping of the host specimen from which a parasite type specimen is collected is also desirable. We recommend that the host from which the type of a new parasite species is described should be designated as a symbiotype.
This paper has been withdrawn.