Petromyzontidae

family of lampreys
Taxon taxon Q839661
Petromyzontidae
Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Petromyzontidae

Summary

Petromyzontidae is a taxon[1]. Petromyzontidae ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (318 views/month, #1,572 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Petromyzontidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Petromyzontidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Petromyzontidae belongs to the parent taxon lamprey[5].
  • Petromyzontidae's scientific name is Petromyzontidae[6].
  • Petromyzontidae's Commons category is recorded as Petromyzontidae[7].
  • Petromyzontidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Petromyzontidae[8].
  • Petromyzontidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[9].
  • Petromyzontidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'niøyefamilien'}[10].
  • Petromyzontidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'piškurji'}[11].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Petromyzontidae is Petromyzontidae[6]. Petromyzontidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Petromyzontidae belongs to the parent taxon lamprey[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'niøyefamilien'}[10] and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'piškurji'}[11].

Identifiers

Petromyzontidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49233[12]. Petromyzontidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7746[13]. Petromyzontidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1904[14]. Petromyzontidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2212[15]. Petromyzontidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 159697[16].

Why It Matters

Petromyzontidae ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (318 views/month, #1,572 of 195,241).[2] Petromyzontidae has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Petromyzontidae is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . 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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