Japanese spider crabs

species of crab
Taxon taxon Q273655
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Japanese spider crabs

Summary

Japanese spider crabs is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.28% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,937 views/month, #553 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Japanese spider crabs's image is recorded as Macrocheira kaempferi.jpg[3].
  • Japanese spider crabs's image is recorded as Spider crab at the Kaiyukan in Osaka, Japan.JPG[4].
  • Japanese spider crabs's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Japanese spider crabs's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • Japanese spider crabs's parent taxon is recorded as Macrocheira[7].
  • Japanese spider crabs's taxon name is recorded as Macrocheira kaempferi[8].
  • Japanese spider crabs's Commons category is recorded as Macrocheira kaempferi[9].
  • Japanese spider crabs's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03dp78[10].
  • Japanese spider crabs's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1124764[11].
  • Japanese spider crabs's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46507307[12].
  • Japanese spider crabs's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5729749[13].
  • Japanese spider crabs's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 346131[14].
  • Japanese spider crabs's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Macrocheira kaempferi[15].
  • Japanese spider crabs's Commons gallery is recorded as Macrocheira kaempferi[16].
  • Japanese spider crabs's original combination is recorded as Maja kaempferi[17].
  • Japanese spider crabs's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/giant-crab[18].
  • Japanese spider crabs's taxon synonym is recorded as Maja kaempferi[19].
  • Japanese spider crabs's taxon synonym is recorded as Macrocheira ginzanensis[20].
  • Japanese spider crabs's taxon synonym is recorded as Macrocheira yabei[21].
  • Japanese spider crabs's taxon synonym is recorded as Paratymolus yabei[22].
  • Japanese spider crabs's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '甘氏巨螯蟹'}[23].
  • Japanese spider crabs's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '帝王蟹'}[24].
  • Japanese spider crabs's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'タカアシガニ'}[25].
  • Japanese spider crabs's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'arañón xaponés'}[26].
  • Japanese spider crabs's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1979747[27].

Why It Matters

Japanese spider crabs ranks in the top 0.28% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,937 views/month, #553 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 40 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] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . marinespecies.org. Provenance: 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] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . UMLS 2023. 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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