A Conversation for Taxonomy

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Laura

Kill Pink Cats Or Fight Giant Spiders (kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species). Always useful. smiley - biggrin

Oh, nice article anyway. smiley - smiley


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NickGardner

Oo... but when Phylogenetic Taxonomy is established, we'll not have to worry about all of these ranks. Instead, we'll only use clades and species. =)


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Laura

But then my lecturer who's spent much of his research career counting whiskers on lobsters to improve their classification will be a little miffed smiley - laugh


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Malabarista - now with added pony

I learned it as "King Phillip Chases Old Fat Girl Scouts" smiley - silly


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BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows

or 'King Prunes Come Only From Good Stones'. (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species).

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