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Definition of morphological species concept :

A more subjective classification. Organisms are classified in the same species if they appear identical by morphological (anatomical) criteria. This is used when species do not reproduce sexually, some are known only from fossils. This definition is the working definition used by biologists that cannot, or should not, use the “Biological Species Concept”



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