Difference between Species and Ecomorph

What is the difference between Species and Ecomorph?

Species as a noun is a group of plants or animals having similar appearance. while Ecomorph as a noun is a local variety of a species whose appearance is determined by its ecological environment

Species

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A group of plants or animals having similar appearance. A rank in the classification of organisms, below genus and above subspecies; a taxon at that rank A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system. The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection. Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated, so named because they retain the image of the bread and wine before their transubstantiation into the body and blood of Christ.

Ecomorph

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A local variety of a species whose appearance is determined by its ecological environment

We hope you now know whether to use Species or Ecomorph in your sentence.

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