Blastocystis

genus of Heterokonta
Taxon taxon Q1756496
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Blastocystis

Summary

Blastocystis is a taxon[1]. Blastocystis ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (630 views/month, #1,521 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blastocystis received the Protist of the Year[3].
  • Blastocystis's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Blastocystis is classified at the rank of genus[5].
  • Blastocystis is classified within Blastocystidae[6].
  • Blastocystis belongs to the parent taxon Chromista[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Blastocystis is Blastocystis[8].
  • Blastocystis's Commons category is recorded as Blastocystis[9].
  • Blastocystis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blastocystis[10].
  • Blastocystis's AlgaeBase URL is recorded as https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=49386[11].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Blastocystis is Blastocystis[8]. Blastocystis is classified at the rank of genus[5]. Recorded parent taxon include Blastocystidae[6] and Chromista[7].

Identifiers

Blastocystis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 12967[12]. Blastocystis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 6796124[13]. Blastocystis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3249807[14].

Why It Matters

Blastocystis ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (630 views/month, #1,521 of 195,241).[2] Blastocystis has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Blastocystis is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

FAQs

What awards did Blastocystis receive?

Honors received include Protist of the Year[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . protozoologie.de. Retrieved . protozoologie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . AlgaeBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank genus
    Award received
    Instance of taxon
    Parent taxon Blastocystidae, Chromista
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007530237505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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