Alcyonacea

order of cnidarians
Taxon taxon Q137552
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Alcyonacea

Summary

Alcyonacea is a taxon[1]. Alcyonacea ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month, #1,583 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alcyonacea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Alcyonacea is classified at the rank of order[4].
  • Alcyonacea belongs to the parent taxon Octocorallia[5].
  • Alcyonacea's scientific name is Alcyonacea[6].
  • Alcyonacea's Commons category is recorded as Alcyonacea[7].
  • Alcyonacea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alcyonacea[8].
  • Alcyonacea's taxon synonym is recorded as Gorgonacea[9].
  • Alcyonacea is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Weichkorallen'}[10].
  • Alcyonacea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Soft corals'}[11].
  • Alcyonacea is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Pehmytkorallit'}[12].
  • Alcyonacea is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Szarukorallok'}[13].
  • Alcyonacea is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ウミトサカ目'}[14].
  • Alcyonacea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '軟珊瑚'}[15].
  • Alcyonacea is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'bløtkoraller'}[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Alcyonacea is Alcyonacea[6]. Alcyonacea is classified at the rank of order[4]. Alcyonacea belongs to the parent taxon Octocorallia[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Weichkorallen'}[10], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Soft corals'}[11], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Pehmytkorallit'}[12], {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Szarukorallok'}[13], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ウミトサカ目'}[14], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '軟珊瑚'}[15].

Identifiers

Alcyonacea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51015[17]. Alcyonacea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 40677[18]. Alcyonacea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46545575[19]. Alcyonacea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1437[20]. Alcyonacea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 52016[21].

Why It Matters

Alcyonacea ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month, #1,583 of 195,241).[2] Alcyonacea has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Alcyonacea is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . marinespecies.org. Provenance: 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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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