Pertaining to the classification of organisms.
Questions tagged [classification]
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Differences on biological classification?
Why we use the term phylum for kingdom animali but for kingdom planti ,fungi and prokaryota we use them division? What difference between phylum and division ?
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What is the classification for animals with full tube digestive tracts?
What is the formal name for animals with full digestive tracts, by which I mean a mouth and an anus, and what is the classification for animals that have a single hole for exchanging food and waste?
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Can phylocode classify viruses?
Can phylocode classify viruses? Based on what I found this system began in 2019, so there is not much information about it.
I know that the Linnaean classification system cannot classify viruses, but what about this new classification system…
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How many species can have the same scientific name?
For my science homework, a question came up asking how many species can have the same scientific name. I'm pretty sure that each species has a different scientific name, but just to be sure...
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Do endosymbiotic organelles have Latin classification?
Do endosymbiotic organelles such as chloroplasts or mitochondria have Latin classification?
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Are there animals that are present in two different classes?
Are there animals that are present in two different classes, like amphibian and bird, reptile and mammal etc.?
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Is it correct to classify technolgy as a kingdom?
I recently read some article about a possible 7th kingdom of classification . They considered technology as a kingdom and named it Technium. Actually I was not sure whether it could be called a kingdom as of course we do not consider machines to be…
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What order is this butterfly?
I found this butterfly in the rocky mountains of colorado. Its obviously a lepidoptera but I'm not sure what family this butterfly could be. I found it perched on a bush and it is around 40ish mm long. Thank you very much for any answers, making an…
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Classification of living organisms in kingdoms
What feature justifies the placing of prawns and grasshoppers in the same phylum
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Why are additional classification levels necessary?
When I was in school I learned that all organisms can be classified using the seven levels kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. In the course of teaching my own children now, and in looking up information about animals with them,…
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What is an apple?
Reader : please consider that I don't know anything about biology, which is the case by the way.
Context : I am currently preparing a presentation for a research grant application, which I will submit to a jury of mathematicians for their decision.…
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