Haemonchus contortus

very common parasite of ruminants that attatch to the abomasal mucosa and feed on the blood
Taxon taxon Q1754336
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Haemonchus contortus

Summary

Haemonchus contortus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month, #1,568 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Haemonchus contortus's image is recorded as Haemonchus contortus.jpg[3].
  • Haemonchus contortus's image is recorded as CSIRO ScienceImage 10819 The tail ends of 11 Haemonchus contortus barbers pole worm adult females The worms are all taken from one sheep infected with a single strain of this worm species.jpg[4].
  • Haemonchus contortus's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Haemonchus contortus's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • Haemonchus contortus's parent taxon is recorded as Haemonchus[7].
  • Haemonchus contortus's taxon name is recorded as Haemonchus contortus[8].
  • Haemonchus contortus's Commons category is recorded as Haemonchus contortus[9].
  • Haemonchus contortus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04v9tj[10].
  • Haemonchus contortus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6289[11].
  • Haemonchus contortus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2923586[12].
  • Haemonchus contortus's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 88639[13].
  • Haemonchus contortus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2283554[14].
  • Haemonchus contortus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • Haemonchus contortus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '捻転胃虫'}[16].
  • Haemonchus contortus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '염전위충'}[17].
  • Haemonchus contortus's Fauna Europaea ID is recorded as 392955[18].
  • Haemonchus contortus's Dyntaxa ID is recorded as 248195[19].
  • Haemonchus contortus's New Zealand Organisms Register ID is recorded as 8cd15e26-8bc6-4017-8358-748c6c5cec0a[20].
  • Haemonchus contortus's EPPO Code is recorded as HMCHCO[21].
  • Haemonchus contortus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 447852[22].
  • Haemonchus contortus's TAXREF ID is recorded as 238924[23].
  • Haemonchus contortus's Nederlands Soortenregister ID is recorded as 136131[24].
  • Haemonchus contortus's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 151948[25].
  • Haemonchus contortus's GenBank assembly accession number is recorded as GCA_000469685.2[26].
  • Haemonchus contortus's Fauna Europaea New ID is recorded as 84129b05-9cf3-4a1a-8f8b-6ade1ad40210[27].

Why It Matters

Haemonchus contortus ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month, #1,568 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Q110247735. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Fauna Europaea. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Dyntaxa. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . TAXREF v9.0. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Barcode of Life Data Systems. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Fauna Europaea. 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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