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Balanidae

family of barnacles
Taxon taxon Q266221
Balanidae
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Balanidae

Summary

Balanidae is a taxon[1]. Balanidae ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (344 views/month, #1,551 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Balanidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Balanidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Balanidae is classified within Balanoidea[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Balanidae is Balanidae[6].
  • Balanidae's Commons category is recorded as Balanidae[7].
  • Balanidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balanidae[8].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Balanidae is Balanidae[6]. Balanidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Balanidae belongs to the parent taxon Balanoidea[5].

Identifiers

Balanidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49128[9]. Balanidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37806[10]. Balanidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7023[11]. Balanidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9152[12]. Balanidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 89599[13].

Why It Matters

Balanidae ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (344 views/month, #1,551 of 195,241).[2] Balanidae has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Balanidae
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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