Dracunculus medinensis

Summary

Dracunculus medinensis is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (83 views/month, #1,548 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Dracunculus medinensis's image is recorded as Dracunculus medinensis larvae.jpg^[3].
• Dracunculus medinensis's instance of is recorded as taxon^[4].
• Dracunculus medinensis's taxon rank is recorded as species^[5].
• Medina is named after Dracunculus medinensis^[6].
• Dracunculus medinensis's parent taxon is recorded as Dracunculus^[7].
• Dracunculus medinensis's taxon name is recorded as Dracunculus medinensis^[8].
• Dracunculus medinensis's Commons category is recorded as Dracunculus medinensis^[9].
• Dracunculus medinensis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0642ws_^[10].
• Dracunculus medinensis's UNII is recorded as 4YO3I9H64B^[11].
• Dracunculus medinensis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 318479^[12].
• Dracunculus medinensis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4493481^[13].
• Dracunculus medinensis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7032861^[14].
• Dracunculus medinensis's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1309790^[15].
• Dracunculus medinensis's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0230807^[16].
• Dracunculus medinensis's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/guinea-worm^[17].
• Dracunculus medinensis's has effect is recorded as dracunculiasis^[18].
• Dracunculus medinensis's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'D. medinensis'}^[19].
• Dracunculus medinensis's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Filaire de Médine'}^[20].
• Dracunculus medinensis's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'frr', 'text': 'Guineawirem'}^[21].
• Dracunculus medinensis's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Guinea worm'}^[22].
• Dracunculus medinensis's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Medinawurm'}^[23].
• Dracunculus medinensis's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Guineaworm'}^[24].
• Dracunculus medinensis's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '메디나충'}^[25].
• Dracunculus medinensis's Fauna Europaea ID is recorded as 391609^[26].
• Dracunculus medinensis's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3511514^[27].

Why It Matters

Dracunculus medinensis ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (83 views/month, #1,548 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]