Hirudinidae

family of annelids
Taxon taxon Q5166500
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Hirudinidae

Summary

Hirudinidae is a taxon[1]. Hirudinidae ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #1,609 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hirudinidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Hirudinidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Hirudinidae belongs to the parent taxon Gnathobdelliformes[5].
  • Hirudinidae's scientific name is Hirudinidae[6].
  • Hirudinidae's Commons category is recorded as Hirudinidae[7].
  • Hirudinidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hirudinidae[8].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Hirudinidae is Hirudinidae[6]. Hirudinidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Hirudinidae belongs to the parent taxon Gnathobdelliformes[5].

Identifiers

Hirudinidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 171747[9]. Hirudinidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6417[10]. Hirudinidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45[11]. Hirudinidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3560[12]. Hirudinidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 69407[13].

Why It Matters

Hirudinidae ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #1,609 of 195,241).[2] Hirudinidae has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Hirudinidae is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . 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.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of taxon
    Aliases
    Topic's main category Category:Hirudinidae
    Parent taxon Gnathobdelliformes
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