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sea lamprey

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Taxon taxon Q385764
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sea lamprey

Summary

sea lamprey is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,650 views/month, #1,241 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • sea lamprey's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • sea lamprey is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • sea lamprey's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • sea lamprey belongs to the parent taxon Petromyzon[6].
  • sea lamprey's scientific name is Petromyzon marinus[7].
  • sea lamprey's Commons category is recorded as Petromyzon marinus[8].
  • sea lamprey's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Petromyzon marinus[9].
  • sea lamprey's Commons gallery is recorded as Petromyzon marinus[10].
  • sea lamprey's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. marinus'}[11].
  • sea lamprey is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sea lamprey'}[12].
  • sea lamprey is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sea Lamprey'}[13].
  • sea lamprey is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'mihule mořská'}[14].
  • sea lamprey is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'zeeprik'}[15].
  • sea lamprey is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'lamproie de mer, grande lamproie'}[16].
  • sea lamprey is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sea lamprey'}[17].
  • sea lamprey is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Meeresneunauge'}[18].
  • sea lamprey is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'merinahkiainen'}[19].
  • sea lamprey is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'havniøye'}[20].
  • sea lamprey is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'llamprea'}[21].
  • sea lamprey is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'morski piškur'}[22].
  • sea lamprey's Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic is recorded as regionally extinct[23].
  • sea lamprey's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[24].
  • sea lamprey's sequenced genome URL is recorded as http://www.ensembl.org/Petromyzon_marinus[25].

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Classification

sea lamprey's scientific name is Petromyzon marinus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Petromyzon[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sea lamprey'}[12], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'mihule mořská'}[14], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'zeeprik'}[15], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'lamproie de mer, grande lamproie'}[16], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Meeresneunauge'}[18], and {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'merinahkiainen'}[19].

Identifiers

sea lamprey's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49223[26]. sea lamprey's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7757[27]. sea lamprey's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 580535[28]. sea lamprey's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2421262[29]. sea lamprey's ITIS TSN is recorded as 159722[30].

Why It Matters

sea lamprey ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,650 views/month, #1,241 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [28] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . Ensembl genome database project. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
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    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
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