Diving bell spider

species of arachnid
Taxon taxon Q119195
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Summary

Diving bell spider is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,162 views/month, #1,431 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: spider of the year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Argyroneta[5]
  • Taxon name: Argyroneta aquatica[6]
  • Commons category: Argyroneta aquatica[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Argyroneta aquatica[8]
  • Commons gallery: Argyroneta aquatica[9]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
  • Taxon common name: Water spider[12], Diving bell spider[13], ミズグモ[14], 물거미[15], แมงมุมน้ำ[16], Waterspin[17], vodouch stříbřitý[18], Wasserspinne[19], Водяной паук[20], vodni pajek[21]

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Identifiers

Diving bell spider's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52953[22]. Diving bell spider's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 375087[23]. Diving bell spider's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1200199[24]. Diving bell spider's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2179068[25]. Diving bell spider's ITIS TSN is recorded as 874490[26].

Why It Matters

Diving bell spider has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

FAQs

What awards did Diving bell spider receive?

Honors received include spider of the year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . arages.de. Retrieved . arages.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [23] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Q219127
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Regional conservation status: Critically Endangered, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259821|batch #259821]]"
  2. 23w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Argyroneta aquatica
    Aliases → —
    Taxon rank → species
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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