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Hippasteria

genus of echinoderms
Taxon taxon Q3199223
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Hippasteria

Summary

Hippasteria is a taxon[1]. Hippasteria ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hippasteria's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Hippasteria is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Hippasteria is classified within Hippasterinae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Hippasteria is Hippasteria[6].
  • Hippasteria's Commons category is recorded as Hippasteria[7].
  • Hippasteria's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hippasteria[8].
  • Hippasteria's taxon synonym is recorded as Cryptopeltaster[9].

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Classification

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

Identifiers

Hippasteria's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 247117[10]. Hippasteria's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 136939[11]. Hippasteria's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2271394[12]. Hippasteria's ITIS TSN is recorded as 157004[13].

Why It Matters

Hippasteria ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2] Hippasteria has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

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] ↑ . New Genera, Species and Occurrences of Deep-Sea Asteroidea (Valvatacea, Forcipulatacea, Echinodermata) collected from the North Pacific Ocean by the CAPSTONE Expedition. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . New species and global revision of Hippasteria (Hippasterinae: Goniasteridae; Asteroidea; Echinodermata). wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Christian Ferrer · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Hippasteria
    Taxon synonym → Cryptopeltaster
    Instance of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P225]]: Hippasteria"
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