syntypes

[Rikard Osmundsen]

Dear all

I've been going though some material of marine invertebrates form a museums
collection. Among the material there I have found speciments listed in a
description from 1921. The material is not labeled type or syntype. I also
know that the autor of this description have sectioned some parts of the
animal, and labeled them syntype.
The microscope slides is found in another museum.

My question is:
1. Shouldn't the whole animal be considered as and be labeled syntype, when
slides from it is labeled syntype?
2. Can I label the speciment syntype so that it is taken care of as type
material?

rikard



MSc.Stud Rikard Osmundsen, Museum of Natural History and Archaeology,
Institut of Natural History, 7034 TRONDHEIM, NORWAY       Tel:+47 73596652,
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rikard at nvg.ntnu.no or rikardo at james.stud.ntnu.no