Organisms are classified today using the Linnaean system, and the following table shows the taxonomic classification of two marine organisms living along the Pacific Coast. Taxonomic Classification, Common dolphin, Killer whale, Animalia, Animalia, Chordata, Chordata, Vertebrata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Mammalia, Cetacea, Cetacea, Delphinidae, Delphinidae, Delphinus, Orcinus, delphis, orca, Taxonomic classification is important to marine biologists because it provides a way to -