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Pfiesteria

genus of protists
Taxon taxon Q311572
Pfiesteria
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Pfiesteria

Summary

Pfiesteria is a taxon[1]. Pfiesteria ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month, #1,610 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pfiesteria's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pfiesteria is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pfiesteria is classified within Pfiesteriaceae[5].
  • Pfiesteria's scientific name is Pfiesteria[6].
  • Pfiesteria's Commons category is recorded as Pfiesteria[7].
  • Pfiesteria's AlgaeBase URL is recorded as https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=45993[8].
  • Pfiesteria's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Pfiesteria is Pfiesteria[6]. Pfiesteria is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Pfiesteria belongs to the parent taxon Pfiesteriaceae[5].

Identifiers

Pfiesteria's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 607723[10]. Pfiesteria's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 71000[11]. Pfiesteria's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 90504[12]. Pfiesteria's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9813584[13]. Pfiesteria's ITIS TSN is recorded as 553097[14].

Why It Matters

Pfiesteria ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month, #1,610 of 195,241).[2] Pfiesteria has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA GEN. ET SP. NOV. (PFIESTERIACEAE FAM. NOV.), A NEW TOXIC DINOFLAGELLATE WITH A COMPLEX LIFE CYCLE AND BEHAVIOR1. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . AlgaeBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . 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. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007532652405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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