Barnacle

Summary

Barnacle is a taxon^[1]. Barnacle ranks in the top 0.032% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,341 views/month, #63 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Barnacle's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Barnacle is classified at the rank of subclass^[4].
• Barnacle belongs to the parent taxon Thecostraca^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Barnacle is Cirripedia^[6].
• Barnacle's Commons category is recorded as Cirripedia^[7].
• Barnacle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Barnacles^[8].
• Barnacle's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• Barnacle's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• Barnacle's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[11].
• Barnacle's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[12].
• Barnacle's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• Barnacle is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'rankefotinger'}^[14].
• Barnacle is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'vitičnjaki'}^[15].
• Barnacle's studied by is recorded as cirripedology^[16].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Barnacle is Cirripedia^[6]. Barnacle is classified at the rank of subclass^[4]. Barnacle is classified within Thecostraca^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'rankefotinger'}^[14] and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'vitičnjaki'}^[15].

Identifiers

Barnacle's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 210289^[17]. Barnacle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6675^[18]. Barnacle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 89433^[19].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Barnacle include Barnacle Bill^[20], a boulder or hill on Mars smaller than 100 m^[21].

Why It Matters

Barnacle ranks in the top 0.032% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,341 views/month, #63 of 195,241).^[2] Barnacle has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] Barnacle is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]

Entities named for Barnacle include Barnacle Bill^[20], a boulder or hill on Mars smaller than 100 m^[21].