centipede

class of many-legged arthropods with elongated bodies
Taxon taxon Q43447
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centipede

Summary

centipede is a taxon[1]. centipede ranks in the top 0.076% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,963 views/month, #148 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • centipede's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • centipede is classified at the rank of class[4].
  • centipede belongs to the parent taxon Myriapoda[5].
  • centipede's scientific name is Chilopoda[6].
  • centipede's Commons category is recorded as Chilopoda[7].
  • centipede began on -418000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • centipede's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Centipedes[9].
  • centipede's topic's main category is recorded as Q8919754[10].
  • centipede's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[11].
  • centipede's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • centipede is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Centipedes'}[13].
  • centipede is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'skolopendere'}[14].
  • centipede is commonly known as {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Губаногія'}[15].
  • centipede is commonly known as {'lang': 'bn', 'text': 'বিছে'}[16].
  • centipede is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Quilòpodes'}[17].
  • centipede is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Skolopender'}[18].
  • centipede is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'stonožky'}[19].
  • centipede is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Hundertfüßer'}[20].
  • centipede is commonly known as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Σαρανταποδαρούσα'}[21].
  • centipede is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Centpieduloj'}[22].
  • centipede is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Sadajalgsed'}[23].
  • centipede is commonly known as {'lang': 'eu', 'text': 'Chilopoda'}[24].
  • centipede is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ムカデ'}[25].
  • centipede is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '순각류'}[26].
  • centipede is commonly known as {'lang': 'fa', 'text': 'لب\u200cپایان'}[27].

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Classification

centipede's scientific name is Chilopoda[6]. centipede is classified at the rank of class[4]. centipede is classified within Myriapoda[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Centipedes'}[13], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'skolopendere'}[14], {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Губаногія'}[15], {'lang': 'bn', 'text': 'বিছে'}[16], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Quilòpodes'}[17], and {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Skolopender'}[18].

Identifiers

centipede's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49556[28]. centipede's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7540[29]. centipede's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 576[30]. centipede's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 360[31]. centipede's ITIS TSN is recorded as 154400[32].

Why It Matters

centipede ranks in the top 0.076% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,963 views/month, #148 of 195,241).[2] centipede has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] centipede is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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