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Paroctopus

genus of molluscs
Taxon taxon Q18594600
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Paroctopus

Summary

Paroctopus is a taxon[1]. Paroctopus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Paroctopus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Paroctopus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Paroctopus belongs to the parent taxon Octopodidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Paroctopus is Paroctopus[6].
  • Paroctopus's Commons category is recorded as Paroctopus[7].
  • Paroctopus's taxon author citation is recorded as Naef, 1923[8].

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Classification

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

Identifiers

Paroctopus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 699438[9]. Paroctopus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 518743[10]. Paroctopus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5007857[11]. Paroctopus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2289718[12]. Paroctopus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 555884[13].

Why It Matters

Paroctopus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2] Paroctopus has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . marinespecies.org. marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
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    Parent taxon → Octopodidae
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