Taxonomy Explorer: the Classification of Species
Taxonomy Explorer: the Classification of Species
Click here to position the tool at the top of
this page.
| Purpose: This project
has been created by the author of the present page, and
aims at providing a tool for navigation in the tree of
Taxonomy (classification of species in biology). The same
taxonomic tree has been employed in the Foundalis Zoo,
our own virtual collection of species (pictures &
information). Status: No claim is made
regarding the correctness of the taxonomic scheme
employed here. Information has been compiled through
various sources on the web. These sources are always
trustworthy (pages made by professional taxonomists &
organizations). Interface: Anyone familiar with
Windows Explorer (or similar interfaces) should also be
familiar with the function of folders, shown as closed |
More notes on the Interface:
Letting the mouse hover over the taxon name causes the latter to be highlighted (indicated in red color). Click on the highlighted node to get a pop up menu, directing you to further action on the taxon. Below, actions from items on this pop up menu are described.
How to Search: From
the pop up menu of a taxon name (which you get as just described)
click on the first item ("Find word in subtree under
<taxon name>"). A dialog box appears, in which you
enter the term you want to find. The term will be searched for in
the entire subtree under the selected taxon, and will be found
whether the folders appear open or closed. Search is insensitive
to the case of letters. You will be moved to the located taxon,
if found, which will be highlighted. Click anywhere to get rid of
the highlighting. Warning: starting the search of the
tree from higher taxa, such as Domains, Kingdoms, Divisions, and
Phyla, might cause a lengthy search, because the applet
might need to load several sub-branches of the tree that are not
loaded when you open up this page; beware of slow modem
connections.
After the search has been performed once, button 
Find next will
become active (like this: 
Find next).
Click on it to search further in the selected subtree.
Appearance: Explanation
of icons:
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All next-level taxa are known and included in the Taxonomy Explorer's tree |
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All species under this taxon are known and included in the Taxonomy Explorer's tree |
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Clickable URL of web-page from which the branch of this taxon was constructed |
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Clickable web-page in "Foundalis Zoo" that includes photo(s) and info for this species |
For comments, suggestions, or other correspondence please contact the author of this page. Click here to email to him.
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square to their left, shown with a cross 
(meaning: there
are hidden subfolders; click on the square or folder to
open it) or with a minus sign 
(the contents are already shown;
click on the square or folder to close it).