morphospeciesとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

morphospecies (plural morphospecies)

1. (biology) A species distinguished from others only by its morphology.
   • 2002, Andrew S. Pullin, Conservation Biology, page 160:

     Their approach is to sort specimens based on their major morphological characteristics, rather than their strict taxonomy. They named this type of pseudotaxonomy the morphospecies approach.

関連する語

• morphospecific