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unusual facts about Biological type



Cystiscidae

Rule of priority of the ICZN require that the name Cystiscidae must be used, but this is unfortunate because the type specimen of the type species is lost, and that species is poorly known.

Euclemensia woodiella

one by the Natural History Museum, London, and the type, which is in the Curtis Collection at Museum Victoria.

Isbrueckerichthys

The holotype of I. epakmos is from the Verde River; it is a small stream with clear water and moderate to strong current, with loose stones and, in some places, sand on the bottom.

The type locality of I. saxicola is a small creek located near the urban area of Londrina city, flowing through a landscape of mixed open fields and riparian vegetation, sometimes with a very degraded margin.


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