Cephalopod

class of mollusks
Taxon taxon Q128257
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Cephalopod

Summary

Cephalopod is a taxon[1]. Cephalopod ranks in the top 0.15% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,223 views/month, #285 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cephalopod's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cephalopod is classified at the rank of class[4].
  • Cephalopod is classified within Conchifera[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Cephalopod is Cephalopoda[6].
  • Cephalopod's Commons category is recorded as Cephalopoda[7].
  • -400000000-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cephalopod[8].
  • Cephalopod's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cephalopods[9].
  • Cephalopod's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[10].
  • Cephalopod's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Cephalopod's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Cephalopod's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Cephalopod's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • Cephalopod's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • Cephalopod's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[16].
  • Cephalopod's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[17].
  • Cephalopod's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[18].
  • Cephalopod is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kopffüßer'}[19].
  • Cephalopod is commonly known as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Κεφαλόποδα'}[20].
  • Cephalopod is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cephalopods'}[21].
  • Cephalopod is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Pääjalkaiset'}[22].
  • Cephalopod is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Céphalopodes'}[23].
  • Cephalopod is commonly known as {'lang': 'hr', 'text': 'Glavonošci'}[24].
  • Cephalopod is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Fejlábúak / Lábasfejűek'}[25].
  • Cephalopod is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '頭足綱'}[26].
  • Cephalopod is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Inktvis'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Cephalopod is Cephalopoda[6]. Cephalopod is classified at the rank of class[4]. Cephalopod is classified within Conchifera[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kopffüßer'}[19], {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Κεφαλόποδα'}[20], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cephalopods'}[21], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Pääjalkaiset'}[22], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Céphalopodes'}[23], and {'lang': 'hr', 'text': 'Glavonošci'}[24].

Identifiers

Cephalopod's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47459[28]. Cephalopod's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6605[29]. Cephalopod's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2312[30]. Cephalopod's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 136[31]. Cephalopod's ITIS TSN is recorded as 82326[32].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Cephalopod include Ceph[33], a free software[34].

Why It Matters

Cephalopod ranks in the top 0.15% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,223 views/month, #285 of 195,241).[2] Cephalopod has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Cephalopod is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for Cephalopod include Ceph[33], a free software[34].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . 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.
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  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Trivialnamen für Mollusken des Meeres und Brackwassers in Deutschland (Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda et Cephalopoda). wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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