Nectocaris

Summary

Nectocaris is a monotypic fossil taxon^[1]. Nectocaris ranks in the top 7% of monotypic_fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nectocaris's image is recorded as Nectocaris pteryx.jpg^[3].
• Nectocaris's image is recorded as Nectocaris 59660.jpg^[4].
• Nectocaris's instance of is recorded as monotypic fossil taxon^[5].
• Nectocaris's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[6].
• Nectocaris's parent taxon is recorded as Nectocarididae^[7].
• Nectocaris's taxon name is recorded as Nectocaris^[8].
• Nectocaris's Commons category is recorded as Nectocaris^[9].
• Nectocaris's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019ky8^[10].
• Nectocaris's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 7555^[11].
• Nectocaris's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4632567^[12].
• Nectocaris's taxon synonym is recorded as Vetustovermis^[13].
• Nectocaris's taxon synonym is recorded as Petalilium^[14].
• Nectocaris's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1331953^[15].
• Nectocaris's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779021962^[16].
• Nectocaris's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781020564^[17].
• Nectocaris's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4723195^[18].
• Nectocaris's Bing entity ID is recorded as c1c27f04-9154-c079-1586-68ae76eb3985^[19].

Why It Matters

Nectocaris ranks in the top 7% of monotypic_fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).^[2] Nectocaris has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] Nectocaris is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]