Loa loa

species of worm
Taxon taxon Q134361
Loa loa
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Summary

Loa loa is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,152 views/month, #1,489 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Loa[4]
  • Taxon name: Loa loa[5]
  • Commons category: Loa loa[6]
  • Short name: L. loa[7]
  • Taxon common name: 로아사상충[8]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[9]
  • Taxon author citation: (Cobbold, 1864)[10]
  • Sequenced genome URL: https://metazoa.ensembl.org/Loa_loa[11]
  • NZTCS conservation status: vagrant[12]
  • P14541: 4Xa9K[13]

Body

Identifiers

Loa loa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 372433[14]. Loa loa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7209[15]. Loa loa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2924222[16]. Loa loa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5798292[17].

Why It Matters

Loa loa has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Ensembl Genomes. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . New Zealand Threat Classification System Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Loa loa. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/loa-loa
MLA “Loa loa.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 12 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/loa-loa.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_loa-loa_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Loa loa}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/loa-loa}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-12}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'eml', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fr', 'gl',
    Taxon author citation → (Cobbold, 1864)
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: (Cobbold, 1864), Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Loa
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Taxon rank → species
    Nztcs conservation status → vagrant
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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