Porifera

phylum of animals
Taxon taxon Q18960
Porifera
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Porifera

Summary

Porifera is a taxon[1]. Porifera ranks in the top 0.51% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,679 views/month, #995 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Porifera's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Porifera is classified at the rank of phylum[4].
  • Porifera belongs to the parent taxon Parazoa[5].
  • Porifera belongs to the parent taxon Animalia[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Porifera is Porifera[7].
  • Porifera is a type of invertebrate[8].
  • Porifera's Commons category is recorded as Porifera[9].
  • Porifera's temporal range start is recorded as Ediacaran[10].
  • Porifera's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sponges[11].
  • Porifera's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Porifera[12].
  • Porifera's Commons gallery is recorded as Sponge[13].
  • Porifera's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
  • Porifera's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[15].
  • Porifera's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Porifera's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Porifera's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[18].
  • Porifera is commonly known as Sponzen[19].
  • Porifera is commonly known as svamper[20].
  • Porifera is commonly known as sponge[21].
  • Porifera is commonly known as poriferan[22].
  • Porifera is commonly known as gąbki[23].
  • Porifera is commonly known as spužve[24].
  • Porifera is commonly known as 多孔动物门[25].
  • Porifera is commonly known as 海綿動物門[26].
  • Porifera's different from is recorded as sponge[27].

Body

Classification

Porifera's scientific name is Porifera[7]. Porifera is classified at the rank of phylum[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Parazoa[5] and Animalia[6]. Recorded taxon common name include Sponzen[19], svamper[20], sponge[21], poriferan[22], gąbki[23], and spužve[24].

Identifiers

Porifera's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48824[28]. Porifera's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6040[29]. Porifera's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 3142[30]. Porifera's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 105[31]. Porifera's ITIS TSN is recorded as 46861[32].

Why It Matters

Porifera ranks in the top 0.51% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,679 views/month, #995 of 195,241).[2] Porifera has Wikipedia articles in 105 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . Termonline. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . taicol.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openalex id C2778849931
    Gran enciclopèdia catalana id porifers
    Temporal range start Ediacaran
    Quora topic id Phylum-Porifera, Porifera
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