Type Genus Definition

Type Genus Sentence Examples

• Uropeltis grandis, the only species of the type-genus, is confined to Ceylon; about 18 in.

• The molars are less completely selenodont than in the type genus.

• The larval forms of the type genus Cerianthus float freely in the sea, and were once considered to belong to a separate genus, Arachnactis.

• The type-genus Botryopteris, represented in the Permo-Carboniferous of France and in both the Lower and Upper Carboniferous of Great Britain, had a rhizome, with a very simple monostelic structure, bearing spirally arranged compound leaves, with lobed pinnules, probably of a somewhat fleshy texture.