Poroderma africanum

species of shark
Taxon taxon Q134587
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Poroderma africanum

Summary

Poroderma africanum is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (110 views/month, #1,531 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Poroderma africanum's image is recorded as Poroderma africanum.jpg[3].
  • Poroderma africanum's image is recorded as Poroderma africanum 1838.jpg[4].
  • Poroderma africanum's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Poroderma africanum's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • Poroderma africanum's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[7].
  • Poroderma africanum's parent taxon is recorded as Poroderma[8].
  • Poroderma africanum's taxon range map image is recorded as Poroderma africanum distmap.png[9].
  • Poroderma africanum's taxon name is recorded as Poroderma africanum[10].
  • Poroderma africanum's Commons category is recorded as Poroderma africanum[11].
  • Poroderma africanum's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 39348[12].
  • Poroderma africanum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g_4k9[13].
  • Poroderma africanum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30489[14].
  • Poroderma africanum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 160168[15].
  • Poroderma africanum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2418714[16].
  • Poroderma africanum's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 217649[17].
  • Poroderma africanum's FishBase species ID is recorded as 835[18].
  • Poroderma africanum's original combination is recorded as Squalus africanus[19].
  • Poroderma africanum's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as 1BC42D59-1863-4D72-8A34-214596F52509[20].
  • Poroderma africanum's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. africanum'}[21].
  • Poroderma africanum's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pyjama shark'}[22].
  • Poroderma africanum's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pyjama Shark'}[23].
  • Poroderma africanum's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Striped Catshark'}[24].
  • Poroderma africanum's Plazi ID is recorded as FA47C7D1-97CC-6FA0-D711-69E7EE7F4DF4[25].
  • Poroderma africanum's ARKive ID is recorded as poroderma-africanum[26].
  • Poroderma africanum's ARKive ID is recorded as pyjama-shark/poroderma-africanum[27].

Why It Matters

Poroderma africanum ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (110 views/month, #1,531 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . FishBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . ZooBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Plazi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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