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Hexanchus

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Hexanchus

Summary

Hexanchus is a taxon[1]. Hexanchus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (130 views/month, #1,575 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hexanchus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Hexanchus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Hexanchus is classified within Hexanchidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Hexanchus is Hexanchus[6].
  • Hexanchus's Commons category is recorded as Hexanchus[7].
  • Hexanchus began on -196000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Hexanchus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hexanchus[9].
  • Hexanchus's taxon synonym is recorded as Notidanus[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Hexanchus is Hexanchus[6]. Hexanchus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Hexanchus belongs to the parent taxon Hexanchidae[5].

Identifiers

Hexanchus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 88895[11]. Hexanchus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 94986[12]. Hexanchus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46560147[13]. Hexanchus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2420568[14]. Hexanchus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 159815[15].

Why It Matters

Hexanchus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (130 views/month, #1,575 of 195,241).[2] Hexanchus has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . 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. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Hexanchus
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007558044705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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