chromatophore

animal cells that produce color, of which many types are pigment-containing cells
Thing cell_class Q504699
chromatophore
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chromatophore

Summary

chromatophore is a cell class[1]. chromatophore draws 171 Wikipedia views per month (cell_class category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • chromatophore's instance of is recorded as cell class[3].
  • chromatophore's instance of is recorded as cell type[4].
  • chromatophore is a type of color in nature[5].
  • chromatophore is a type of cell[6].
  • chromatophore's Commons category is recorded as Chromatophores[7].
  • chromatophore's found in taxon is recorded as fish[8].
  • chromatophore's found in taxon is recorded as Amphibia[9].
  • chromatophore's found in taxon is recorded as Crustacea[10].
  • chromatophore's found in taxon is recorded as Cephalopod[11].
  • chromatophore's found in taxon is recorded as Reptilia[12].
  • chromatophore's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • chromatophore's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • chromatophore's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • chromatophore's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[16].
  • chromatophore's different from is recorded as chromophore[17].
  • chromatophore's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Q140249898[18].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include cell class[3] and cell type[4]. Recorded subclass of include color in nature[5] and cell[6].

Why It Matters

chromatophore draws 171 Wikipedia views per month (cell_class category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] chromatophore has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] chromatophore is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 39
    Cephalopod ontology id → 0000061
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'eu', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9334]]: 0000061, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/157142432|chromatophore (#157142432)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6079|Cephalopod Ontolog"
  2. 16w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
  3. 16w ago · Bekipediya · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    Local thumb → —
    Different from → chromophore
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q12830024 */"
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