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Cherax

genus of crayfish
Taxon taxon Q2702517
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Cherax

Summary

Cherax is a taxon[1]. Cherax ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (293 views/month, #1,564 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cherax's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cherax is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Cherax belongs to the parent taxon Parastacidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Cherax is Cherax[6].
  • Cherax's Commons category is recorded as Cherax[7].
  • Cherax's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cherax[8].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Cherax is Cherax[6]. Cherax is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Cherax belongs to the parent taxon Parastacidae[5].

Identifiers

Cherax's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 87399[9]. Cherax's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6722[10]. Cherax's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4417557[11]. Cherax's ITIS TSN is recorded as 1133542[12].

Why It Matters

Cherax ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (293 views/month, #1,564 of 195,241).[2] Cherax has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Cherax is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Parastacidae
    Topic's main category → Category:Cherax
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541596605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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