{"id":11046,"date":"2026-02-09T15:11:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/what-is-a-taxa\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:35:40","slug":"what-is-a-taxa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/en\/what-is-a-taxa\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a taxa?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11046\" class=\"elementor elementor-11046 elementor-3105\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a6a9aa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a6a9aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb61e7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bb61e7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is a taxa?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60f4387 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"60f4387\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1277037 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1277037\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7cedaa elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f7cedaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Taxons-marimurtra-angles-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11036\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Taxons-marimurtra-angles-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Taxons-marimurtra-angles-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Taxons-marimurtra-angles-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Taxons-marimurtra-angles-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Taxons-marimurtra-angles-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Taxons-marimurtra-angles-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13fec20 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13fec20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A taxon is any of the <strong>taxonomic categories<\/strong> used to group and classify living things.<\/p><p>Taxonomic classification follows a hierarchy that goes from <strong>the broadest to the most specific levels<\/strong> to group living things.<\/p><p>So we can have a taxonomic classification according to kingdom, family, genus, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf5eefb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bf5eefb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c28f43d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c28f43d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How is the taxonomic catalog of Marimurtra classified?<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b10adc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b10adc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By species<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6c92d8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6c92d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>However, there are species that have recognized infraspecific taxa and these have also been included in the taxonomic catalog of Marimurtra.<br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75aecb5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"75aecb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Taxons-marimurtra-angles-2-e1693831254481.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11039\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Taxons-marimurtra-angles-2-e1693831254481.jpg 800w, https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Taxons-marimurtra-angles-2-e1693831254481-600x446.jpg 600w, https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Taxons-marimurtra-angles-2-e1693831254481-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Taxons-marimurtra-angles-2-e1693831254481-768x570.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-927c3e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"927c3e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What information does the scientific name of a species give us?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b99712a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b99712a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Taxons-marimurtra-angles-3-e1693831311411.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11042\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Taxons-marimurtra-angles-3-e1693831311411.jpg 800w, https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Taxons-marimurtra-angles-3-e1693831311411-600x224.jpg 600w, https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Taxons-marimurtra-angles-3-e1693831311411-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Taxons-marimurtra-angles-3-e1693831311411-768x286.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" 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