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colossal squid

species of mollusc
Taxon taxon Q378330
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colossal squid

Summary

colossal squid is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.084% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,381 views/month, #164 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • colossal squid's image is recorded as Colossal squid in Te Papa.jpg[3].
  • colossal squid's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • colossal squid's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • James Erik Hamilton is named after colossal squid[6].
  • colossal squid's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[7].
  • colossal squid's parent taxon is recorded as Mesonychoteuthis[8].
  • colossal squid's taxon range map image is recorded as Mesonychoteuthis map.svg[9].
  • colossal squid's taxon name is recorded as Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni[10].
  • colossal squid's Commons category is recorded as Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni[11].
  • colossal squid's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 163170[12].
  • colossal squid's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01d4v5[13].
  • colossal squid's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 559557[14].
  • colossal squid's ITIS TSN is recorded as 556403[15].
  • colossal squid's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 134706[16].
  • colossal squid's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2289991[17].
  • colossal squid's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 325299[18].
  • colossal squid's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni[19].
  • colossal squid's Commons gallery is recorded as Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni[20].
  • colossal squid's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1458900[21].
  • colossal squid's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/colossal-squid[22].
  • colossal squid's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Colossal squid'}[23].
  • colossal squid's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'calmar colossal'}[24].
  • colossal squid's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kolosalni ligenj'}[25].
  • colossal squid's different from is recorded as giant squid[26].
  • colossal squid's UMLS CUI is recorded as C2990200[27].

Why It Matters

colossal squid ranks in the top 0.084% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,381 views/month, #164 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . bbc.com. Retrieved . bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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