Caenorhabditis elegans

Summary

Caenorhabditis elegans is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,504 views/month, #1,144 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Caenorhabditis elegans's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Caenorhabditis elegans's instance of is recorded as model organism^[4].
• Caenorhabditis elegans is classified at the rank of species^[5].
• Caenorhabditis elegans is classified within Caenorhabditis^[6].
• Caenorhabditis elegans's scientific name is Caenorhabditis elegans^[7].
• Caenorhabditis elegans's Commons category is recorded as Caenorhabditis elegans^[8].
• Caenorhabditis elegans's significant event is recorded as whole genome sequencing^[9].
• Caenorhabditis elegans's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Caenorhabditis elegans^[10].
• Caenorhabditis elegans's Commons gallery is recorded as Caenorhabditis elegans^[11].
• Caenorhabditis elegans's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. elegans'}^[12].
• Caenorhabditis elegans is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '예쁜꼬마선충'}^[13].
• Caenorhabditis elegans is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'varbuss'}^[14].
• Caenorhabditis elegans is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'háďátko obecné'}^[15].
• Caenorhabditis elegans is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '秀麗隱桿線蟲'}^[16].
• Caenorhabditis elegans is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '秀丽隐杆线虫'}^[17].
• Caenorhabditis elegans's has part is recorded as cell^[18].
• Caenorhabditis elegans's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology^[19].
• Caenorhabditis elegans's sequenced genome URL is recorded as http://www.ensembl.org/Caenorhabditis_elegans^[20].
• Caenorhabditis elegans's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://metazoa.ensembl.org/Caenorhabditis_elegans^[21].

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Classification

Caenorhabditis elegans's scientific name is Caenorhabditis elegans^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[5]. It belongs to the parent taxon Caenorhabditis^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '예쁜꼬마선충'}^[13], {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'varbuss'}^[14], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'háďátko obecné'}^[15], {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '秀麗隱桿線蟲'}^[16], and {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '秀丽隐杆线虫'}^[17].

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 372486^[22] and 372487^[23]. Caenorhabditis elegans's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6239^[24]. Caenorhabditis elegans's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 403869^[25]. Caenorhabditis elegans's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2283683^[26]. Caenorhabditis elegans's ITIS TSN is recorded as 63332^[27].

Why It Matters

Caenorhabditis elegans ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,504 views/month, #1,144 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]