dustymc
commented
8 months ago I don't particularly like the definition; it's redundant with search_terms, and I don't think very functional (eg it won't help me decide if a specimen needs the label). Here's a simpler proposal that I think won't find creative ways to get complicated in the future (eg when perhaps our understanding of "cnidarians" is wildly different than now):
The immature form of an animal.
The current definition is
The active immature form of an insect, especially one that differs greatly from the adult and forms the stage between egg and pupa, e.g. a caterpillar or grub. OR An immature form of other animals that undergo some metamorphosis, e.g. a tadpole.
I don't think anything proposed fundamentally changes that; this is and will remain a move to a more inclusive container with no change to the data.
Here's data: temp_larva.csv.zip
Summary:
guid_prefix | count
--------------+-------
UCSC:Herp | 2
CHAS:Herp | 89
UWBM:Herp | 348
UTEP:Herp | 268
UCM:Obs | 2
UAMObs:Ento | 309
OGL:Genomic | 344
KNWR:Ento | 39
ALMNH:Ento | 1
UMZM:Para | 1
MVZ:Herp | 11848
UNR:Fish | 1
UNR:Herp | 70
NMMNH:Paleo | 1
UNCG:Para | 57
NMU:Para | 7
DMNS:Inv | 2
PSM:Paleo | 57
USNPC:Para | 63
ASUMZ:Invert | 559
OWU:Inv | 1
UMNH:Herp | 7
UAM:Ento | 7903
MSB:Herp | 966
UCM:Herp | 244
UTEP:HerpOS | 20
APSU:Fish | 22
UCM:Fish | 1
OWU:Amph | 1
CHAS:Inv | 2
UWZM:Herp | 222
CSULB:Herp | 7
HWML:Para | 5501
UAM:Herp | 3
UWYMV:Herp | 19
MSB:Para | 3717
MLZ:Fish | 6
MSB:Host | 11
NMMNH:Ento | 3
LINGU:Herp | 65
CHAS:Ento | 37
DMNS:Para | 15
APSU:Herp | 22
BYU:Herp | 58
OWU:Fish | 3
(45 rows)
Contacts:
@ebraker @bryansmclean @ehalverson26 @Nicole-Ridgwell-NMMNHS @mkoo @campmlc @atrox10 @DerekSikes @mvzhuang @jtgiermakowski @wellerjes @keg34 @jrpletch @acdoll @jrdemboski @happiah-madson @genevieve-anderegg @byuherpetology @msbparasites @mlbowser @falco-rk @ewommack @kderieg322079 @sharpphyl @gracz-UNL @lin-fred @adhornsby @jandreslopez @droberts49
campmlc
DerekSikes
Jegelewicz
falco-rk
mkoo
Goal
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Move terms deemed to be life stages to the newly created code table. This process will be completed by the DBA.
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ArctosDB/arctos#7298
Table
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https://arctos.database.museum/info/ctDocumentation.cfm?table=ctlife_stage
Proposed Value
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larva
Proposed Definition
Current definition in age class:
The active immature form of an insect, especially one that differs greatly from the adult and forms the stage between egg and pupa, e.g. a caterpillar or grub. OR An immature form of other animals that undergo some metamorphosis, e.g. a tadpole.
will NOT be replaced with the GBIF definition in life stage:
A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a young (juvenile) form of animal with indirect development, going through or undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects, amphibians, or cnidarians). The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly. Larvae often have special (larval) organs which do not occur in the adult form. The larvae of some species can become pubescent and not further develop into the adult form (for example, in some newts). This is a type of neoteny. It is a misunderstanding that the larval form always reflects the group's evolutionary history. It could be the case, but often the larval stage has evolved secondarily, as in insects. In these cases the larval form might differ more from the group's common origin than the adult form. The early life stages of most fish species are considerably different from juveniles and adults of their species and are called larvae.| http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/life_stage/larvaBest For
_Some code tables contain collection-type-specific values.
collection_cdemay be found from https://arctos.database.museum/home.cfm_Amph Arc Bird Egg Ento Env ES Fish Herp Hild Host Inv Mala Para Rept Teach Vert Zoo
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