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Phoronis

genus of horseshoe worms
Taxon taxon Q2341489
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Summary

Phoronis is a taxon[1]. Phoronis ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month, #1,618 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Phoronidae[4]
  • Taxon name: Phoronis[5]
  • Commons category: Phoronis[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Phoronis[7]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[8]
  • Taxon synonym: Actinotrocha[9]

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Identifiers

Phoronis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 247220[10]. Phoronis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 33504[11]. Phoronis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2269631[12]. Phoronis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 155462[13].

Why It Matters

Phoronis has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Phoronis is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · PieterJanR · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Actinotrocha
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon synonym: Actinotrocha"
  2. 6w ago · 高晶 · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Phoronidae
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Parent taxon: Phoronidae"
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