Posidonia oceanica

Summary

Posidonia oceanica is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (971 views/month, #1,409 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Posidonia oceanica's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Posidonia oceanica is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Posidonia oceanica's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[5].
• Posidonia oceanica belongs to the parent taxon Posidonia^[6].
• Posidonia oceanica is endemic to Mediterranean Sea^[7].
• Posidonia oceanica's scientific name is Posidonia oceànica^[8].
• Posidonia oceanica's Commons category is recorded as Posidonia oceanica^[9].
• Posidonia oceanica's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Posidonia oceanica^[10].
• Posidonia oceanica's Commons gallery is recorded as Posidonia oceanica^[11].
• Posidonia oceanica's AlgaeBase URL is recorded as https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=18577^[12].
• Posidonia oceanica's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. oceanica'}^[13].
• Posidonia oceanica is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mediterranean tapeweed'}^[14].
• Posidonia oceanica is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mediterranean Tapeweed'}^[15].
• Posidonia oceanica is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Neptune Grass'}^[16].
• Posidonia oceanica is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Species code: Po'}^[17].
• Posidonia oceanica's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology^[18].

Body

Classification

Posidonia oceanica's scientific name is Posidonia oceànica^[8]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It is classified within Posidonia^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mediterranean tapeweed'}^[14], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Neptune Grass'}^[16], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Species code: Po'}^[17].

Distribution

Posidonia oceanica is endemic to Mediterranean Sea^[7].

Identifiers

Posidonia oceanica's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 118943^[19]. Posidonia oceanica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 55489^[20]. Posidonia oceanica's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1089001^[21]. Posidonia oceanica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5328663^[22]. Posidonia oceanica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 897411^[23].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Posidonia oceanica include Alghero^[24], a comune of Italy^[25], in Italy^[26].

Why It Matters

Posidonia oceanica ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (971 views/month, #1,409 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]

Entities named for it include Alghero^[24], a comune of Italy^[25], in Italy^[26].