Velella

Summary

Velella is a monotypic taxon^[1]. Velella ranks in the top 0.039% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,431 views/month, #1 of 2,572).^[2]

Key Facts

• Velella's image is recorded as Velella Sicily 060613.jpg^[3].
• Velella's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon^[4].
• Velella's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[5].
• Velella's parent taxon is recorded as Porpitidae^[6].
• Velella's taxon name is recorded as Velella^[7].
• Velella's Commons category is recorded as Velella^[8].
• Velella's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04gbs2^[9].
• Velella's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 168800^[10].
• Velella's ITIS TSN is recorded as 51265^[11].
• Velella's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46550208^[12].
• Velella's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2265791^[13].
• Velella's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 117200^[14].
• Velella's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Velella^[15].
• Velella's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0083348^[16].
• Velella's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/purple-sail^[17].
• Velella's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as 2D38E860-094D-45DB-9017-16B3A144B7ED^[18].
• Velella's Dyntaxa ID is recorded as 1011618^[19].
• Velella's Plazi ID is recorded as 9C910782-FDB6-72CB-7648-C3FA672C9C16^[20].
• Velella's New Zealand Organisms Register ID is recorded as 7fd0a7a7-f4ac-4fb5-af6b-4927ca6bcc8f^[21].
• Velella's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1079815^[22].
• Velella's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 59699^[23].
• Velella's NBN System Key is recorded as NHMSYS0019997119^[24].
• Velella's Nederlands Soortenregister ID is recorded as 174367^[25].
• Velella's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 124752^[26].
• Velella's ADW taxon ID is recorded as Velella^[27].

Why It Matters

Velella ranks in the top 0.039% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,431 views/month, #1 of 2,572).^[2] Velella has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]