{"id":1187,"date":"2013-01-28T07:44:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T07:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/?page_id=1187"},"modified":"2026-04-13T01:22:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:22:40","slug":"the-microsynthera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/?page_id=1187","title":{"rendered":"Research in Synthetic Taxonomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card-greeny\">Concurrent Research<\/div>\n<div class=\"card-greeny\">In Synthetic Taxonomy<\/div>\n<div class=\"card-content\">\n<div class=\"description\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46\" title=\"taxon_archi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/region_widespread.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"41\" height=\"41\" \/><br \/>\nDue to carefully-worded grant funding, HORG continues to narrow its scientific focus on the study and classification of occlupanids. This page illuminates\u00a0various occlupanid-related projects of cultural significance from outside persons and organizations. In addition, we list here concurrant research on other microsyntherids, and publications concerning synthetic taxonomies.\u00a0 All at no cost to ourselves!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foundation for Occlupanology Research and Communication<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/EjDtJUB\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2856\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DisFORC_NDS_sm-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DisFORC_NDS_sm-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DisFORC_NDS_sm-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DisFORC_NDS_sm.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/EjDtJUB\">The Foundation for Occlupanology Research and Communication<\/a> is a community of occlupanologists from every corner of the world, both casual and professional.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The BreadTag Project<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/breadtagproject\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2867\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/breadtag_project_heart.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/breadtag_project_heart.jpg 323w, http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/breadtag_project_heart-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/breadtag_project_heart-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\" \/><\/a>Nottingham, Shani. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/breadtagproject\/\">The Bread-Tag Project<\/a> An ongoing collection project of occlupanids and their use in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/the_breadtag_project_\/\">art and culture from across the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"description\">\n<p><strong>Cultural Occlupanology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2877\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bread_tag_saga.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bread_tag_saga.jpg 328w, http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bread_tag_saga-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bread_tag_saga-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/>Stewart, Dr. Tony. <a href=\"https:\/\/breadtagsagas.com\/category\/art\/\">Beadtag Sagas<\/a> Ongoing collection of works with occlupanids as an everpresent thematic element.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2876\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/breadtag_world.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/breadtag_world.jpg 282w, http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/breadtag_world-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/>Taylor, Beth. <a href=\"http:\/\/commasanddots.com\/portfolio\/bread-tag-world\/\">Breadtag World<\/a> 2011. An art installation made with thousands of occlupanids fused to form our solar system.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4358\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/holotypic_world.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/holotypic_world.jpg 214w, http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/holotypic_world-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/>Variable,\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Nonlocal<\/span>.\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/nonlocalvariable.art\/2026\/02\/21\/holotypic-world\/\" href=\"https:\/\/nonlocalvariable.art\/2026\/02\/21\/holotypic-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nonlocalvariable.art\/2026\/02\/21\/holotypic-world\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1776121729979000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0AZ85IX_TnBag5H3myM8Lw\">Holotypic World<\/a>\u00a02026. Mail Art Artistamps presenting occlupanid Forms in Nature and Outer Space.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"description\">\n<p><strong>Research in Synthetic Taxonomy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/collier.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4050\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/collier.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a>Collier, Brian D. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verysmallobjects.com\/index.html\">The Collier Classification System for Very Small Objects<\/a>. An exhaustive and comprehensive taxonomy of every conceivable sort of minute overlooked entities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4356\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lemuria.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/>Lemuria. <a href=\"https:\/\/lct01.lemuria.ph\/\">Lemuria\u2019s (Informal) Journal of Clothing Taxonomy<\/a>. Research of the First Lemurian Clothing Taxonomy, groundbreaking work on the Vestimentia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nersg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4051\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nersg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a>Lu, Bailey Z. <a href=\"https:\/\/nesrg.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"home noopener\">The Northeastern Syntherid Research Group<\/a>, A growing research site specializing in the taxonomy of class Tunifilida (\u201cTwisty Ties\u201d) and other syntherids.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shoppingcarts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4052\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shoppingcarts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a> Montague, Julian. <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/the-stray-shopping-carts-of-eastern-north-america-a-guide-to-field-identification-julian-montague\/d4c426a48fd3aacc?ean=9780226829104&amp;next=t\">The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification<\/a>. Abrams, 2006 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montagueprojects.com\/the-stray-shopping-cart-project\">A field guide<\/a> to wayward shopping carts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/soyfish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4053\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/soyfish.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a>Sawada, Yoshihisa. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/%E9%86%A4%E6%B2%B9%E9%AF%9B-%E6%B2%A2%E7%94%B0-%E4%BD%B3%E4%B9%85\/dp\/4901203509\">\u91a4\u6cb9\u9bdb<\/a>. Asutora, 2012. A taxonomy and field guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zmescience.com\/other\/offbeat-other\/dont-miss-japanese-study-classified-fish-shaped-soy-sauce-containers-species\/\">plastic fish-shaped soy sauce containers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/trafficcone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4054\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/trafficcone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a> Winfry, Amy. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trafficcone.com\/field-guide.html\">Traffic Cone Preservation Society<\/a> A field guide of traffic cones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"description\">\n<p><strong>Further Reading in Historical Synthetic Taxonomy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Camin, Joseph H., Sokal, Robert R.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ckschools.org\/common\/pages\/UserFile.aspx?fileId=6570515\">The Classification &amp; Evolution of Caminalcules<\/a>. 1983. A fictive collection of creatures designed as a tool for understanding phylogenetics.<\/p>\n<p>St\u00fcmpke, Harold.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rhinogradentia\">The Snouters: Form and Life of the Rhinogrades<\/a>. Natural History Press, 1967. The famous work authoritatively detailing a heretofore unknown branch of mammalia found only in the Hi-yi-yi Archipelago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description\"><\/div>\n<p>If you have dedicated your life to the study of small inanimate things, and wish to have your work mentioned here, please submit your findings to occlupanid @ horg dot com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concurrent Research In Synthetic Taxonomy Due to carefully-worded grant funding, HORG continues to narrow its scientific focus on the study and classification of occlupanids. This page illuminates\u00a0various occlupanid-related projects of cultural significance from outside persons and organizations. In addition, we list here concurrant research on other microsyntherids, and publications concerning synthetic taxonomies.\u00a0 All at no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1026,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1187","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1187"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4360,"href":"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1187\/revisions\/4360"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}