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Calcarea

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Taxon taxon Q209924
Calcarea
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Calcarea

Summary

Calcarea is a taxon[1]. Calcarea ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (131 views/month, #1,594 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Calcarea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Calcarea is classified at the rank of class[4].
  • Calcarea belongs to the parent taxon Q18960[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Calcarea is Calcarea[6].
  • Calcarea's Commons category is recorded as Calcarea[7].
  • Calcarea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Calcarea[8].
  • Calcarea is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'kalksvamper'}[9].
  • Calcarea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '石灰海綿綱'}[10].
  • Calcarea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '石灰海绵纲'}[11].

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Classification

Calcarea's scientific name is Calcarea[6]. Calcarea is classified at the rank of class[4]. Calcarea belongs to the parent taxon Q18960[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'kalksvamper'}[9], {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '石灰海綿綱'}[10], and {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '石灰海绵纲'}[11].

Identifiers

Calcarea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 60583[12]. Calcarea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 27929[13]. Calcarea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 6760[14]. Calcarea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 308[15]. Calcarea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 46862[16].

Why It Matters

Calcarea ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (131 views/month, #1,594 of 195,241).[2] Calcarea has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Calcarea is known by 28 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. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes. wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes. 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. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Q18960
    Taxon rank → class
    Instance of → taxon
    Instance of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007546576305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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