red cushion sea star

Summary

red cushion sea star is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month, #1,600 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• red cushion sea star's image is recorded as Oreaster reticulatus in a sand beach.jpg^[3].
• red cushion sea star's instance of is recorded as taxon^[4].
• red cushion sea star's taxon rank is recorded as species^[5].
• red cushion sea star's parent taxon is recorded as Oreaster^[6].
• red cushion sea star's taxon name is recorded as Oreaster reticulatus^[7].
• red cushion sea star's Commons category is recorded as Oreaster reticulatus^[8].
• red cushion sea star's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bs44qn^[9].
• red cushion sea star's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 46529^[10].
• red cushion sea star's ITIS TSN is recorded as 157043^[11].
• red cushion sea star's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2272969^[12].
• red cushion sea star's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 178210^[13].
• red cushion sea star's original combination is recorded as Asterias reticulata^[14].
• red cushion sea star's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Oreaster-reticulatus^[15].
• red cushion sea star's taxon synonym is recorded as Pentaceros reticulatus^[16].
• red cushion sea star's taxon synonym is recorded as Asterias reticulata^[17].
• red cushion sea star's taxon synonym is recorded as Pentaceros gibbus^[18].
• red cushion sea star's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'O. reticulatus'}^[19].
• red cushion sea star's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Red cushion sea star'}^[20].
• red cushion sea star's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'West Indian sea star'}^[21].
• red cushion sea star's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Genetzte Kissenstern'}^[22].
• red cushion sea star's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Netz-Kissenstern'}^[23].
• red cushion sea star's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Estrela-almofada-vermelha'}^[24].
• red cushion sea star's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Estrella cojín'}^[25].
• red cushion sea star's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Étoile coussin commune'}^[26].
• red cushion sea star's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1012685^[27].

Why It Matters

red cushion sea star ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month, #1,600 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]