starfish

class of echinoderms, marine animal
Taxon taxon Q25349
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starfish

Summary

starfish is a taxon[1]. starfish ranks in the top 0.19% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,302 views/month, #367 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • starfish's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • starfish is classified at the rank of class[4].
  • starfish belongs to the parent taxon Asterozoa[5].
  • starfish's scientific name is Asteroidea[6].
  • starfish's Commons category is recorded as Asteroidea[7].
  • starfish's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Asteroidea[8].
  • starfish's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gallery pages about starfish[9].
  • starfish's Commons gallery is recorded as Starfish[10].
  • starfish's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • starfish's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • starfish's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • starfish's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • starfish's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • starfish's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16].
  • starfish's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • starfish's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[18].
  • starfish is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Zeesterren'}[19].
  • starfish is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt-br', 'text': 'estrela do mar'}[20].
  • starfish is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'estrela-do-mar'}[21].
  • starfish is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'sjøstjerner'}[22].
  • starfish is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'morska zvezda'}[23].
  • starfish is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'étoile de mer'}[24].
  • starfish's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/02317335-n[25].
  • starfish's taxon author citation is recorded as de Blainville, 1830[26].

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Classification

starfish's scientific name is Asteroidea[6]. starfish is classified at the rank of class[4]. starfish is classified within Asterozoa[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Zeesterren'}[19], {'lang': 'pt-br', 'text': 'estrela do mar'}[20], {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'estrela-do-mar'}[21], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'sjøstjerner'}[22], {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'morska zvezda'}[23], and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'étoile de mer'}[24].

Identifiers

starfish's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47668[27]. starfish's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7588[28]. starfish's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1927[29]. starfish's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 214[30]. starfish's ITIS TSN is recorded as 156862[31].

Why It Matters

starfish ranks in the top 0.19% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,302 views/month, #367 of 195,241).[2] starfish has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] starfish is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] . marinespecies.org. marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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