taxon
C838
concept
A taxon is a group of one or more organisms classified together as a unit in a biological taxonomy based on shared characteristics.
All labels observed (53)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| taxon canonical | 3,393 |
| taxonomic family | 133 |
| mammal family | 63 |
| taxonomic group | 55 |
| fossil taxon | 52 |
| marsupial | 48 |
| subspecies | 46 |
| taxonomic order | 43 |
| fungal genus | 42 |
| phylum | 31 |
| extinct taxon | 14 |
| insect family | 12 |
| model organism | 12 |
| taxonomic subfamily | 11 |
| ascomycete | 9 |
| subphylum | 9 |
| fungal class | 8 |
| animal phylum | 5 |
| monotypic genus | 5 |
| beetle family | 3 |
| proposed taxon | 3 |
| reptile family | 3 |
| taxonomic subclass | 3 |
| biological class | 2 |
| class of organisms | 2 |
| dinosaur genus | 2 |
| extinct animal subspecies | 2 |
| fungal phylum | 2 |
| paraphyletic group | 2 |
| taxonomicClass | 2 |
| type species | 2 |
| vernacular taxon | 2 |
| animal taxon | 1 |
| carnivorous plant taxon | 1 |
| clade of mammals | 1 |
| domain of life | 1 |
| endemic taxon | 1 |
| eukaryotic taxon | 1 |
| extant taxon | 1 |
| genus of tortoises | 1 |
| global bird taxonomy | 1 |
| historical taxonomic genus | 1 |
| insect taxon | 1 |
| mammalian family | 1 |
| marsupial order | 1 |
| paraphyletic taxon | 1 |
| reptile taxon | 1 |
| rhinoceros subspecies | 1 |
| species complex | 1 |
| stramenopile taxon | 1 |
| subspecies of cougar | 1 |
| superphylum | 1 |
| taxonomic concept | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: taxon
Generated description
A taxon is a group of one or more organisms classified together as a unit in a biological taxonomy based on shared characteristics.
Instances (3,947)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Cottoidei | — |
| Zoarcoidei | — |
| Hexagrammoidei | — |
| Ginkgoales | — |
| Cyatheales | taxonomic order |
| Musophagiformes | taxonomic order |
| Leptosomiformes | taxonomic order |
| Ostariophysi | — |
| Plectrogeniidae | — |
| Gasterosteoidei | — |
| Cactoideae | — |
| Sciuroidea | — |
| Atherinidae | — |
| Melanotaeniidae | — |
| Bedotiidae | — |
| Pseudomugilidae | — |
| Telmatherinidae | — |
| Isonidae | — |
| Dentatherinidae | — |
| Phallostethidae | — |
| Notocheiridae | — |
| Atherionidae | — |
| Phaethontiformes | taxonomic group |
| Bucerotiformes | taxonomic order |
| Aegotheliformes | taxonomic order |
| Cedrus | — |
| Ophiostoma novo-ulmi | ascomycete |
| Lophiidae | — |
| Antennariidae | — |
| Ceratiidae | — |
| Melanocetidae | — |
| Himantolophidae | — |
| Oneirodidae | — |
| Ogcocephalidae | — |
| Atherinopsidae | — |
| Atherinomorphae | — |
| Belonidae | — |
| Exocoetidae | — |
| Hemiramphidae | — |
| Adrianichthyidae | — |
| Scomberesocidae | — |
| Gaviiformes | — |
| Osteoglossidae | — |
| Notopteridae | — |
| Mormyridae | — |
| Gymnarchidae | — |
| Hiodontidae | taxonomic family |
| Arapaimidae | — |
| Acipenser | — |
| Lauraceae | — |