Exobiology Classification

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

I wouldn't expect xenobiologists to even use Linnean taxonomy, it's becoming less and less useful even on Earth. If I could do taxonomy over again I'd base it on cladistics and genetics and not on superficial phenotypical features in the first place.

That would make sense only for scientific experts. While the vast majority of humanity would stick to the more "useful" day to day language and that wonderfully vague middle ground of educated layman.