Limulus

genus of horseshoe crabs
Taxon taxon Q2104567
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Limulus

Summary

Limulus is a taxon[1]. Limulus ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month, #1,539 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Limulus's image is recorded as Limulus polyphemus 01 by Line1.jpg[3].
  • Limulus's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Limulus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Limulus's parent taxon is recorded as Limulidae[6].
  • Limulus's taxon name is recorded as Limulus[7].
  • Limulus's Commons category is recorded as Limulus polyphemus[8].
  • Limulus's start time is recorded as -244000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Limulus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b9tp4_[10].
  • Limulus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6849[11].
  • Limulus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 82702[12].
  • Limulus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 49265[13].
  • Limulus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 18931[14].
  • Limulus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1010609[15].
  • Limulus's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 150512[16].
  • Limulus's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[17].
  • Limulus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Limulus[18].
  • Limulus's Dyntaxa ID is recorded as 1016013[19].
  • Limulus's BugGuide taxon ID is recorded as 352892[20].
  • Limulus's EPPO Code is recorded as 1LIMUG[21].
  • Limulus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 326113[22].
  • Limulus's Nederlands Soortenregister ID is recorded as 144399[23].
  • Limulus's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 5324[24].
  • Limulus's Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID is recorded as limulus[25].
  • Limulus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1331221[26].
  • Limulus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776487282[27].

Why It Matters

Limulus ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month, #1,539 of 195,241).[2] Limulus has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Dyntaxa. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Barcode of Life Data Systems. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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.

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