List of Annotations, Annotation Values and Their Definitions
Life Stage (within Animalia)
- Adult
- Egg (within Animalia, except Placentalia)
- Juvenile (except Pterygota)
- Larva (within Coleoptera, Neuroptera, Mecoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Trichoptera, Megaloptera, Siphonaptera, Strepsiptera, Raphidioptera)
- Nymph (within Dermaptera, Blattodea, Embiidina, Hemiptera, Odonata, Orthoptera, Plecoptera, Ephemeroptera, Mantodea, Notoptera, Phasmida, Psocodea, Thysanoptera, Zoraptera)
- Pupa (within Coleoptera, Neuroptera, Mecoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Trichoptera, Megaloptera, Siphonaptera, Strepsiptera, Raphidioptera)
- Subimago (within Ephemeroptera)
- Teneral: Adult that has recently emerged but has not yet achieved its final adult form
Sex (Life except Fungi, Oligochaeta, Viruses, Hirudinea, Nudibranchia, Bacteria, Archaea, Homo)
- Female
- Male
- Cannot Be Determined: Cannot be determined from the evidence provided
Plant Phenology (within Plantae)
- Flowering (within Angiospermae): Flowers visible, open, and still attached to the plant
- Flower Budding (within Angiospermae): Flower buds are visible but not open
- Fruiting (within Angiospermae): Fruit is visible and still attached to the plant
- No Evidence of Flowering (within Angiospermae): Media provides no evidence of reproductive structures
Alive or Dead (within Animalia)
- Alive: Organism is living and shows no signs of imminent death
- Dead: Organism is dead or shows imminent signs of death
- Cannot Be Determined: Cannot be determined from the evidence provided
Evidence of Presence (within Life, except Homo and Plantae.)
- Bone (within Vertebrata): Predominantly endoskeletal remains. Partial bone exposure in an otherwise intact organism should be labeled “organism”
- Construction (within Animalia): Something created by an animal, made with or excavated from other materials. Examples of things that are Constructions: spider web, burrow, nest or hive, caddisfly larva casing, egg sac or egg case. Examples of things that are not Constructions: coral reef, mollusk shell, hermit crab shell, galls.
- Feather (within Aves): One or more feathers not attached to an organism
- Egg (within Animalia except Placentalia): Whole egg or part of an egg.
- Gall: (within Life except Chordata, Echinodermata, Ctenophora, Cnidaria, Crustacea, Mollusca, Araneae, Odonata) Deformed plant tissue outgrowth caused by a parasitic organism
- Hair (within Mammalia): Hair that is no longer attached to the organism from which it originated.
- Leafmine (within Pterygota except Odonata, Blattodea, Dermaptera, Ephemeroptera, Mantodea, Mecoptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Notoptera, Orthoptera, Plecoptera, Psocodea, Raphidioptera, Siphonaptera, Strepsiptera, Thysanoptera, Trichoptera, Zoraptera, Embioptera, Hemiptera, Cecidomyiidae): Evidence of feeding between the dermal layers of a leaf.
- Molt (within Arthropoda and Reptilia): Discarded skin or exoskeleton.
- Organism: (within Animalia) Whole or partial organism
- Scat: (within Animalia) Fecal matter (not owl pellets or other regurgitated matter)
- Track: (within Animalia) Impression in ground or snow made by an organism
Established (within Amphibia and Reptilia)
- Not Established: Organism belongs to an unestablished population including released/escaped pets, hitch-hikers and vagrants.