Acanthopleura

genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q2706529
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Acanthopleura

Summary

Acanthopleura is a monotypic taxon[1]. Acanthopleura ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Acanthopleura's image is recorded as Acanthopleura spinosa 01 Pengo.jpg[3].
  • Acanthopleura's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[4].
  • Acanthopleura's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Acanthopleura's parent taxon is recorded as Chitonidae[6].
  • Acanthopleura's taxon name is recorded as Acanthopleura[7].
  • Acanthopleura's Commons category is recorded as Acanthopleura[8].
  • Acanthopleura's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05b09lp[9].
  • Acanthopleura's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 61362[10].
  • Acanthopleura's ITIS TSN is recorded as 79027[11].
  • Acanthopleura's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 50314[12].
  • Acanthopleura's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 143856[13].
  • Acanthopleura's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 8048[14].
  • Acanthopleura's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2306226[15].
  • Acanthopleura's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 151210[16].
  • Acanthopleura's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Acanthopleura[17].
  • Acanthopleura's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as B843EDFF-48F5-4335-BB9A-3A0242CB1AEF[18].
  • Acanthopleura's Plazi ID is recorded as C4D24E19-3819-FD95-7DCF-DC6C9DB8ABC2[19].
  • Acanthopleura's Plazi ID is recorded as 411A87B3-FF86-9F08-FF7A-C1EFFC5BF834[20].
  • Acanthopleura's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1084372[21].
  • Acanthopleura's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49516[22].
  • Acanthopleura's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 4788[23].
  • Acanthopleura's ADW taxon ID is recorded as Acanthopleura[24].
  • Acanthopleura's Australian Faunal Directory ID is recorded as Acanthopleura[25].
  • Acanthopleura's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778772926[26].
  • Acanthopleura's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 457181[27].

Why It Matters

Acanthopleura ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).[2] Acanthopleura has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . ZooBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Plazi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Plazi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Barcode of Life Data Systems. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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