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Ciliophora

phylum of protozoans
Taxon taxon Q106345
Ciliophora
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Ciliophora

Summary

Ciliophora is a taxon[1]. Ciliophora ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,294 views/month, #1,358 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ciliophora's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Ciliophora is classified at the rank of phylum[4].
  • Ciliophora is classified within Alveolate[5].
  • Ciliophora's scientific name is Ciliophora[6].
  • Ciliophora's Commons category is recorded as Ciliophora[7].
  • Ciliophora began on -630000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Ciliophora's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ciliates[9].
  • Ciliophora's Commons gallery is recorded as Ciliata[10].
  • Ciliophora's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Ciliophora's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • Ciliophora's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[13].
  • Ciliophora's AlgaeBase URL is recorded as https://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/detail/?taxonid=104349[14].
  • Ciliophora's topic has template is recorded as Template:Ciliophora[15].
  • Ciliophora is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Ripsloomad'}[16].
  • Ciliophora is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Tsiliaadid'}[17].
  • Ciliophora is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '繊毛虫門'}[18].
  • Ciliophora is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'migetalkarji'}[19].
  • Ciliophora is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '纤毛虫'}[20].
  • Ciliophora's uses is recorded as cilium[21].
  • Ciliophora's means of locomotion is recorded as aquatic locomotion[22].
  • Ciliophora's taxon author citation is recorded as Doflein, 1901[23].
  • Ciliophora's homonymous taxon is recorded as Ciliophora[24].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Ciliophora is Ciliophora[6]. Ciliophora is classified at the rank of phylum[4]. Ciliophora belongs to the parent taxon Alveolate[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Ripsloomad'}[16], {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Tsiliaadid'}[17], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '繊毛虫門'}[18], {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'migetalkarji'}[19], and {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '纤毛虫'}[20].

Identifiers

Ciliophora's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 118996[25]. Ciliophora's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5878[26]. Ciliophora's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4666[27]. Ciliophora's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7765738[28]. Ciliophora's ITIS TSN is recorded as 46211[29].

Why It Matters

Ciliophora ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,294 views/month, #1,358 of 195,241).[2] Ciliophora has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Ciliophora is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [27] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [28] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . AlgaeBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Q106477729. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . The Ciliated Protozoa. wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → cilium
    Start time → -630000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Means of locomotion → aquatic locomotion
    Taxon rank → phylum
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007550606705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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