Order

Order is one of the seven taxonomic ranks used to classify living organisms. Order is positioned after Class and before Family.

1. Kingdom
2. Phylum
3. Class
4. Order
5. Family
6. Genus
7. Species

There are 29 insect Orders although, like much of biological classification, this is still being discussed and changed by scientists.

Related terms

• Binomial naming system
• Biological classification
• Class
• Family
• Genus
• Kingdom
• Linnaeus
• Opiliones
• Phylum
• Species
• Subspecies

Related groups of terms

• Classification
• Insect life cycles

Related pages on this web site

• The Insects - Class Insecta

See other words beginning with O