Portuguese man o' war

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Portuguese man o' war
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Portuguese man o' war

Summary

Portuguese man o' war is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.027% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,469 views/month, #53 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Portuguese man o' war's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Portuguese man o' war is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Portuguese man o' war is classified within Physalia[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Portuguese man o' war is Physalia physalis[6].
  • Portuguese man o' war's Commons category is recorded as Physalia physalis[7].
  • Portuguese man o' war's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Physalia physalis[8].
  • Portuguese man o' war's Commons gallery is recorded as Physalia physalis[9].
  • Portuguese man o' war's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. physalis'}[10].
  • Portuguese man o' war is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Portuguese man o' war"}[11].
  • Portuguese man o' war is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'balandra'}[12].
  • Portuguese man o' war is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '작은부레관해파리'}[13].
  • Portuguese man o' war's different from is recorded as Physalis[14].

Body

Classification

Portuguese man o' war's scientific name is Physalia physalis[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Physalia[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': "it"}[11], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'balandra'}[12], and {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '작은부레관해파리'}[13].

Identifiers

Portuguese man o' war's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 117302[15]. Portuguese man o' war's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 168775[16]. Portuguese man o' war's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46549987[17]. Portuguese man o' war's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2264734[18]. Portuguese man o' war's ITIS TSN is recorded as 719181[19].

Why It Matters

Portuguese man o' war ranks in the top 0.027% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,469 views/month, #53 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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