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Theraphosidae

family of spiders
Taxon taxon Q213383
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Theraphosidae

Summary

Theraphosidae is a taxon[1]. Theraphosidae ranks in the top 0.13% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,507 views/month, #258 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Theraphosidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Theraphosidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Theraphosidae belongs to the parent taxon Theraphosoidea[5].
  • Theraphosidae's scientific name is Theraphosidae[6].
  • Theraphosidae's Commons category is recorded as Theraphosidae[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Theraphosidae is Theraphosa[8].
  • Theraphosidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Theraphosidae[9].
  • Theraphosidae's Commons gallery is recorded as Theraphosidae[10].
  • Theraphosidae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • Theraphosidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tarantulas'}[12].
  • Theraphosidae's different from is recorded as tarantella[13].
  • Theraphosidae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14].
  • Theraphosidae's taxon author citation is recorded as Thorell, 1869[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Theraphosidae is Theraphosidae[6]. Theraphosidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Theraphosidae is classified within Theraphosoidea[5]. The taxonomic type of Theraphosidae is Theraphosa[8]. Theraphosidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tarantulas'}[12].

Identifiers

Theraphosidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47424[16]. Theraphosidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6895[17]. Theraphosidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 170[18]. Theraphosidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5650[19]. Theraphosidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 847765[20].

Why It Matters

Theraphosidae ranks in the top 0.13% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,507 views/month, #258 of 195,241).[2] Theraphosidae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Theraphosidae is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Taxonomic type → Theraphosa
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Theraphosidae
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9546, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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