Echinaster

Summary

Echinaster is a taxon^[1]. Echinaster ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month, #1,624 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Echinaster's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Echinaster is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Echinaster belongs to the parent taxon Echinasteridae^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Echinaster is Echinaster^[6].
• Echinaster's Commons category is recorded as Echinaster^[7].
• The taxonomic type of Echinaster is Echinaster sepositus^[8].
• Echinaster's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Echinaster^[9].
• Echinaster's taxon synonym is recorded as Othilia^[10].
• Echinaster's taxon author citation is recorded as Müller & Troschel, 1840^[11].
• Echinaster's homonymous taxon is recorded as Echinaster^[12].
• Echinaster's homonymous taxon is recorded as Echinaster Gray, 1840^[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Echinaster is Echinaster^[6]. Echinaster is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Echinaster is classified within Echinasteridae^[5]. The taxonomic type of Echinaster is Echinaster sepositus^[8].

Identifiers

Echinaster's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 117445^[14]. Echinaster's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 72720^[15]. Echinaster's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 71494^[16]. Echinaster's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8393241^[17]. Echinaster's ITIS TSN is recorded as 157179^[18].

Why It Matters

Echinaster ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month, #1,624 of 195,241).^[2] Echinaster has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19]