lamprey

order of vertebrates, the lampreys
Taxon taxon Q261485
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lamprey

Summary

lamprey is a taxon[1]. lamprey ranks in the top 0.24% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,445 views/month, #472 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • lamprey received the Q786157[3].
  • lamprey's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • lamprey is classified at the rank of order[5].
  • lamprey belongs to the parent taxon Cephalaspidomorphi[6].
  • lamprey belongs to the parent taxon Petromyzontida[7].
  • lamprey belongs to the parent taxon Petromyzonti[8].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, lamprey is Petromyzontiformes[9].
  • lamprey's Commons category is recorded as Petromyzontiformes[10].
  • lamprey comprises parietal eye[11].
  • lamprey's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lampreys[12].
  • lamprey's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • lamprey's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • lamprey's topic has template is recorded as Template:Petromyzontiformes[15].
  • lamprey is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'niøyer'}[16].

Body

Classification

lamprey's scientific name is Petromyzontiformes[9]. lamprey is classified at the rank of order[5]. Recorded parent taxon include Cephalaspidomorphi[6], Petromyzontida[7], and Petromyzonti[8]. lamprey is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'niøyer'}[16].

Identifiers

lamprey's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49232[17]. lamprey's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7745[18]. lamprey's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1903[19]. lamprey's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 771[20]. lamprey's ITIS TSN is recorded as 159696[21].

Why It Matters

lamprey ranks in the top 0.24% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,445 views/month, #472 of 195,241).[2] lamprey has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] lamprey is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

FAQs

What awards did lamprey receive?

Honors received include Q786157[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . archiv.dafv.de. Retrieved . archiv.dafv.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Pisces. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Dyntaxa. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Catalog of Fishes. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [21] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [19] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [20] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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