Cephalochordata

subphylum of chordates
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q123252
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Summary

Cephalochordata is a monotypic taxon[1]. Cephalochordata ranks in the top 3% of monotypic taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,064 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: subphylum[3]
  • Parent taxon: Chordata[4]
  • Taxon name: Cephalochordata[5]
  • Commons category: Cephalochordata[6], Branchiostomatidae[7]
  • Start time: -530000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cephalochordata[9]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13]
  • Topic has template: Template:Lancelet[14]
  • Taxon common name: Lanzettfischli[15], Cefalocordats[16], bezlebeční[17], Lanzettfischchen[18], Κεφαλοχορδωτά[19], Lancelets[20], Cefalocordados[21], Süstikkalad[22], Suikulaiset[23], Acrâniens[24], Céphalochordés[25], bezlubanjci[26], Svitkoglavci[27], 頭索動物亜門[28]
  • Has list: Список видов бесчерепных[29]

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Identifiers

Cephalochordata's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 129726[30]. Cephalochordata's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7735[31]. Cephalochordata's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1585[32]. Cephalochordata's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 357[33]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 914170[34] and 159679[35].

Why It Matters

Cephalochordata has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Cephalochordata is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 914170, 159679
    Sitelink count → 72
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 159679, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has list → Список видов бесчерепных
    Start time → -530000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Taxon rank → subphylum
    Instance of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007543930005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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