LTER Palmer Taxonomic Organization 

phylum->class->order->family->genus->species

Taxonomic Timeline
  1956 Linnean System
  1972 Swartz et al: A Taxonomic Code for the Biota of Chesapeake Bay
  1974 Mueller: Alaska Species Codes
  1977 Collins, Hollinger: National Oceanic Data Center (NODC) Taxonomic Code
       12 digits

Taxonomic Divisions
NODC    LTER DIVISION
0100         virus 
0200         procariot
           *  -bacteria
             eucariotes
              Protistae - algae (phylum:Thallophyta) 
0300            blue-green (phylum Myxophyta; class Myxophyceae) 
0400       *    golden-brown (Chrysophyta) 
0500       *    yellow-green (Xanthophyta)
0600       *    (phylum Haptophyta) 
	 	  -Phaeocystic pouchetti
0700       *    diatoms (Bacillariophyta) 
0800       *    green (Chlorophyta) 
1000       *    green flagellates (Prasinophyta) 
1200       *    dinoflagellates (Pyrrophycophyta) 
1400       *    (Cryptophycophyta)
1500            brown (Phaeophycophyta)
1600            red (Rhodophycota)
              Fungi (NODC 19-22)
              Plants
                lichens,mosses,ferns (NODC 23-29)
                higher plants (NODC 30-33)
              Animals 
               invertebrates (NODC 34-86)
3400            Protozoa (phylum)
3600            Sponge (phylum)
3700            Coelenterata (phylum)
3900            Platyhelminthes (phylum)
5000            Annelida (phylum)
                Arthropoda (phylum)
6100 	          Crustacea (class)
6174       *        -krill
6200              Insecta
                Chordata (phylum)
8400 	          Urochordata (subphylum)
8407 	            Thaliacea (class)
8411   	   *          -salps
8412	          Tunicata (subphylum)
               vertebrates 
                Fish (NODC 87-88)
           *          -silverfish
9100            Birds (class Aves)
9106       *      -penguins 
9109       *      -petrels
9110       *      -pelicans
9126       *      -gulls
91271201   *      -sheathbills
91280102   *      -skuas
9200            Mammals (class Mammalia)
9218       *     -toothed whales
9219       *     -baleen whales
9221       *     -seals