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Amphiuridae

large family of brittle stars of the suborder Gnathophiurina
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Amphiuridae

Summary

Amphiuridae is a taxon[1]. Amphiuridae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month, #1,629 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Amphiuridae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Amphiuridae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Amphiuridae belongs to the parent taxon Amphiuroidea[5].
  • Amphiuridae belongs to the parent taxon Gnathophiurina[6].
  • Amphiuridae's scientific name is Amphiuridae[7].
  • Amphiuridae's Commons category is recorded as Amphiuridae[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Amphiuridae is Amphiura[9].
  • Amphiuridae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Amphiuridae[10].
  • Amphiuridae's Commons gallery is recorded as Amphiuridae[11].

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Classification

Amphiuridae's scientific name is Amphiuridae[7]. Amphiuridae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Amphiuroidea[5] and Gnathophiurina[6]. The taxonomic type of Amphiuridae is Amphiura[9].

Identifiers

Amphiuridae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 55179[12]. Amphiuridae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 106738[13]. Amphiuridae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2039[14]. Amphiuridae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5680[15]. Amphiuridae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 157646[16].

Why It Matters

Amphiuridae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month, #1,629 of 195,241).[2] Amphiuridae has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Amphiuridae is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Interactive identification key to all brittle star families (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) leads to revised morphological descriptions. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type → Amphiura
    Parent taxon → Amphiuroidea, Gnathophiurina
    Topic's main category → Category:Amphiuridae
    Instance of → taxon
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007546575605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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