Malacostraca

class of crustaceans
Taxon taxon Q182978
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Malacostraca

Summary

Malacostraca is a taxon[1]. Malacostraca ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,801 views/month, #958 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Malacostraca's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Malacostraca is classified at the rank of class[4].
  • Malacostraca belongs to the parent taxon Multicrustacea[5].
  • Malacostraca's scientific name is Malacostraca[6].
  • Malacostraca's Commons category is recorded as Malacostraca[7].
  • Malacostraca's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Malacostraca[8].
  • Malacostraca's topic's main category is recorded as Q9011687[9].
  • Malacostraca's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • Malacostraca's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • Malacostraca's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • Malacostraca's topic has template is recorded as Template:Malacostraca[13].
  • Malacostraca is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Echte kreeftachtigen'}[14].
  • Malacostraca is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'storkrepser'}[15].
  • Malacostraca is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'višji raki'}[16].
  • Malacostraca's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].

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Classification

Malacostraca's scientific name is Malacostraca[6]. Malacostraca is classified at the rank of class[4]. Malacostraca belongs to the parent taxon Multicrustacea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Echte kreeftachtigen'}[14], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'storkrepser'}[15], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'višji raki'}[16].

Identifiers

Malacostraca's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47187[18]. Malacostraca's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6681[19]. Malacostraca's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1157[20]. Malacostraca's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 229[21]. Malacostraca's ITIS TSN is recorded as 89787[22].

Why It Matters

Malacostraca ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,801 views/month, #958 of 195,241).[2] Malacostraca has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Malacostraca is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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