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West Indian Ocean coelacanth

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West Indian Ocean coelacanth

Summary

West Indian Ocean coelacanth is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (324 views/month, #1,359 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's image is recorded as Latimeria Paris.jpg[3].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's instance of is recorded as Lazarus taxon[5].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Critically Endangered[7].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's parent taxon is recorded as Latimeria[8].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's taxon range map image is recorded as Latimeria distribution RUS.png[9].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's taxon name is recorded as Latimeria chalumnae[10].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's subclass of is recorded as Coelacanthiformes[11].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's subclass of is recorded as Q133864583[12].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's Commons category is recorded as Latimeria chalumnae[13].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's start time is recorded as -20000-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 11375[15].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/076wj55[16].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7897[17].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's ITIS TSN is recorded as 649768[18].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46582216[19].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 320877[20].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441273[21].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 217438[22].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Latimeria chalumnae[23].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's Commons gallery is recorded as Latimeria chalumnae[24].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's FishBase species ID is recorded as 2063[25].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Malania-anjouanae[26].
  • West Indian Ocean coelacanth's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Latimeria-chalumnae[27].

Why It Matters

West Indian Ocean coelacanth ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (324 views/month, #1,359 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . FishBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · LetmeEditit · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cites appendix → Appendix I of CITES
    Subclass of → Coelacanthiformes, Q133864583
    Image → Latimeria Paris.jpg
    Parent taxon → Latimeria
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Coelacanth off Pumula on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, South Africa, on 22 November 2019.png"
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