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photophore

glandular organ that appears as luminous spots on various marine animals
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photophore

Summary

photophore is a class of anatomical entity[1]. photophore draws 93 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #326 of 1,372).[2]

Key Facts

  • photophore's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[3].
  • photophore's subclass of is recorded as glandular organ[4].
  • photophore's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02xhzk[5].
  • photophore's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6].
  • photophore's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/photophore[7].
  • photophore's UBERON ID is recorded as 4300194[8].
  • photophore's studied by is recorded as biology of colour[9].
  • photophore's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3540902[10].
  • photophore's NE.se ID is recorded as lysorgan[11].
  • photophore's Environment Ontology ID is recorded as 01000163[12].
  • photophore's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 138140210[13].
  • photophore's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/2494[14].

Why It Matters

photophore draws 93 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #326 of 1,372).[2] photophore has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] photophore is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . 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.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). photophore. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/photophore
MLA “photophore.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/photophore.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_photophore_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{photophore}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/photophore}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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