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Choanoflagellatea

group of free-living unicellular and colonial flagellate eukaryotes that are the closest living relatives of the animals
Taxon taxon Q129012
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Choanoflagellatea

Summary

Choanoflagellatea is a taxon[1]. Choanoflagellatea ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (902 views/month, #1,449 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Choanoflagellatea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Choanoflagellatea is classified at the rank of class[4].
  • Choanoflagellatea belongs to the parent taxon Holozoa[5].
  • Choanoflagellatea is classified within Choanozoa[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Choanoflagellatea is Choanoflagellatea[7].
  • Choanoflagellatea's Commons category is recorded as Choanoflagellatea[8].
  • Choanoflagellatea's said to be the same as is recorded as Choanoflagellata[9].
  • Choanoflagellatea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Choanoflagellatea[10].
  • Choanoflagellatea's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Choanoflagellatea's AlgaeBase URL is recorded as https://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/detail/?taxonid=101921[12].
  • Choanoflagellatea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'choanoflagellates'}[13].
  • Choanoflagellatea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '立襟鞭毛綱'}[14].
  • Choanoflagellatea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '领鞭毛纲'}[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Choanoflagellatea is Choanoflagellatea[7]. Choanoflagellatea is classified at the rank of class[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Holozoa[5] and Choanozoa[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'choanoflagellates'}[13], {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '立襟鞭毛綱'}[14], and {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '领鞭毛纲'}[15].

Identifiers

Choanoflagellatea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42372141[16]. Choanoflagellatea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9737030[17].

Why It Matters

Choanoflagellatea ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (902 views/month, #1,449 of 195,241).[2] Choanoflagellatea has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Choanoflagellatea is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . AlgaeBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · FlocciNivis · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Parent taxon → Holozoa, Choanozoa
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → —
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