Physarum

genus of slime mould
Taxon taxon Q289636
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Physarum

Summary

Physarum is a taxon[1]. Physarum ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month, #1,608 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Physarum's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Physarum is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Physarum belongs to the parent taxon Physaridae[5].
  • Physarum's scientific name is Physarum[6].
  • Physarum's Commons category is recorded as Physarum[7].
  • Physarum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Physarum[8].
  • Physarum's taxon synonym is recorded as Hyperamoeba[9].
  • Physarum is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'モジホコリ属'}[10].
  • Physarum's taxon author citation is recorded as Pers.[11].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Physarum is Physarum[6]. Physarum is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Physarum is classified within Physaridae[5]. Physarum is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'モジホコリ属'}[10].

Identifiers

Physarum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 68858[12]. Physarum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5790[13]. Physarum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 16850[14]. Physarum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3212779[15]. Physarum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 181259[16].

Why It Matters

Physarum ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month, #1,608 of 195,241).[2] Physarum has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . id.biodiversity.org.au. id.biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . Q109965233. wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] . id.biodiversity.org.au. id.biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: 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.

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