Oomycetes

fungus-like organism
Taxon taxon Q223597
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Oomycetes

Summary

Oomycetes is a taxon[1]. Oomycetes ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,422 views/month, #1,333 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Oomycetes's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Oomycetes is classified at the rank of class[4].
  • Oomycetes is classified at the rank of order[5].
  • Oomycetes belongs to the parent taxon heterokont[6].
  • Oomycetes belongs to the parent taxon Chromista[7].
  • Oomycetes belongs to the parent taxon Heterokonta[8].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Oomycetes is Oomycota[9].
  • Oomycetes's Commons category is recorded as Oomycetes[10].
  • Oomycetes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Water moulds[11].
  • Oomycetes's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Oomycetes is Oomycota[9]. Recorded taxon rank include class[4] and order[5]. Recorded parent taxon include heterokont[6], Chromista[7], and Heterokonta[8].

Identifiers

Oomycetes's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52595[13]. Oomycetes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4762[14]. Oomycetes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5719[15]. Oomycetes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 32[16].

Why It Matters

Oomycetes ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,422 views/month, #1,333 of 195,241).[2] Oomycetes has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Oomycetes is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of taxon
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    Taxon rank class, order
    Parent taxon heterokont, Chromista, Heterokonta
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