caste

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This term is part of the Darwin Core standard with equivalent definition in the dwc: and the dwciri: namespace:

Categorisation of individuals for eusocial species (including some mammals and arthropods).

Definition

Caste may be defined as the subdivision of a colony of social insects into groups characterized by a shared morphogenetic pathway that has diverged irreversibly from that of other such groups in the colony.

References

  1. Villet MH. 1992 Definitions of «caste» in social insects. Ethology Ecology & Evolution. Vol. 4, (3) pp. 213-224. doi: 10.1080/08927014.1992.9523134
  2. Wieczorek J., Bloom D., Guralnick R., Blum S., Döring M., Giovanni R. et al. 2012 Darwin Core: An Evolving Community-Developed Biodiversity Data Standard. PLOS ONE. Vol. 7, (1) p. e29715. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029715
Creator: Michael Rubinigg
Properties

Label

caste

EUPH Code (UID)

[1132]

EUPH IRI

https://app.pollinatorhub.eu/vocabulary/classes/1132

Descriptor

This class is part of the ontology

Created

2023-01-23

Updated

2026-04-25
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Class

Author: Michael Rubinigg

Definition

Author: Michael Rubinigg

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Danish

kaste

Noun, Singular

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Dutch; Flemish

kaste

Noun, Feminine, Singular

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English

caste

Noun, Singular

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French

caste

Noun, Feminine, Singular

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German

Kaste

Noun, Feminine, Singular

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Italian

casta

Noun, Feminine, Singular

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Norwegian

kaste

Noun, Singular

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Portuguese

casta

Noun, Feminine, Singular

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Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

castă

Noun, Feminine, Singular

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Spanish; Castilian

casta

Noun, Feminine, Singular

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Swedish

kast

Noun, Singular

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