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Amphipoda

order of malacostracan crustaceans
Taxon taxon Q193418
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Summary

Amphipoda is a taxon[1]. Amphipoda ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,681 views/month, #1,198 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: order[3]
  • Parent taxon: Peracarida[4]
  • Taxon name: Amphipoda[5]
  • Commons category: Amphipoda[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Amphipoda[7]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8]
  • Taxon common name: Vlokreeftjes[9], amfipoder[10], postranice[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]

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Identifiers

Amphipoda's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47628[13]. Amphipoda's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6821[14]. Amphipoda's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46521443[15]. Amphipoda's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1231[16]. Amphipoda's ITIS TSN is recorded as 93294[17].

Why It Matters

Amphipoda has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Amphipoda is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Temporal range start → Q76274
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