Taxonomic classification notes field

The Taxonomic classification notes field records any other information or comments about your specimen’s classification.

Field details

Visibility: Public field
Field ID: taxonomic_classification_notes
Search example: taxonomic_classification_notes: canidae
Field type: Text field with 1,000-character limit
Field location: Detail, Core and Public tabs in the object cataloguing page for natural science records

Cataloguing tips

It may be useful to enter the full classification into this field with a colon or on a new line as separators. For example, Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Aves, Order: Galliformes, Family: Phasianidae, Genus: Alectoris, Species: Rufa.

Search tips

You can search on this field with its ID:

taxonomic_classification_notes

For example, enter taxonomic_classification_notes: canidae into the search field to find records that refer to the Canidae family in the taxonomic classification notes field.

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