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Loricifera

phylum of very small to microscopic marine sediment-dwelling animals
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q5183
Loricifera
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Loricifera

Summary

Loricifera is a monotypic taxon[1]. Loricifera ranks in the top 2% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (151 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Loricifera's image is recorded as Pliciloricus enigmatus.jpg[3].
  • Loricifera's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[4].
  • Loricifera's taxon rank is recorded as phylum[5].
  • Loricifera's parent taxon is recorded as Scalidophora[6].
  • Loricifera's parent taxon is recorded as Ecdysozoa[7].
  • Loricifera's taxon name is recorded as Loricifera[8].
  • Loricifera's GND ID is recorded as 4221112-8[9].
  • Loricifera's subclass of is recorded as invertebrate[10].
  • Loricifera's Commons category is recorded as Loricifera[11].
  • Loricifera's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q8752 (eus)-ElsaBornFree-Loricifera.wav[12].
  • Loricifera's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bv54[13].
  • Loricifera's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 310840[14].
  • Loricifera's ITIS TSN is recorded as 202425[15].
  • Loricifera's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1537[16].
  • Loricifera's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 67129[17].
  • Loricifera's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5967457[18].
  • Loricifera's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 101061[19].
  • Loricifera's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Loricifera[20].
  • Loricifera's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0521780[21].
  • Loricifera's Dyntaxa ID is recorded as 5000016[22].
  • Loricifera's New Zealand Organisms Register ID is recorded as cf2b8ec8-33af-4fc6-9969-5d9e90483b30[23].
  • Loricifera's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2158540[24].
  • Loricifera's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 151833[25].
  • Loricifera's ADW taxon ID is recorded as Loricifera[26].
  • Loricifera's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as korsettdyr[27].

Why It Matters

Loricifera ranks in the top 2% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (151 views/month).[2] Loricifera has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Loricifera is known by 4 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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . lingualibre.fr. lingualibre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Dyntaxa. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 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.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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