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Mediaster

genus of echinoderms
Taxon taxon Q3465968
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Mediaster

Summary

Mediaster is a taxon[1]. Mediaster ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mediaster's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Mediaster is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Mediaster is classified within Goniasteridae[5].
  • Mediaster's scientific name is Mediaster[6].
  • Mediaster's Commons category is recorded as Mediaster[7].
  • Mediaster's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mediaster[8].
  • Mediaster's taxon synonym is recorded as Isaster[9].
  • Mediaster's taxon author citation is recorded as Stimpson, 1857[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Mediaster is Mediaster[6]. Mediaster is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Mediaster is classified within Goniasteridae[5].

Identifiers

Mediaster's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 247053[11]. Mediaster's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 136943[12]. Mediaster's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2271224[13]. Mediaster's ITIS TSN is recorded as 157010[14].

Why It Matters

Mediaster ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2] Mediaster has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . On the crustacea and echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Christian Ferrer · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Mediaster
    Taxon synonym → Isaster
    Instance of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P225]]: Mediaster"
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