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Ciliophora

phylum of protozoans
Taxon Q106345
Ciliophora
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Facts

12 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[5][6][7]
Homonymous taxon
Ciliophora[17]
Means of locomotion
aquatic locomotion[15]
Parent taxon
Alveolate[2]
Start time
-630000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[4]
Taxon author citation
Doflein, 1901[16]
Taxon common name
Ripsloomad, Tsiliaadid, 繊毛虫門, migetalkarji, 纤毛虫[9][10][11][12][13]
Taxon name
Ciliophora[3]
Taxon rank
phylum[1]
Topic has template
Template:Ciliophora[8]
Uses
cilium[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ciliates en ciliate en Ciliophora ar هدبيات ar مهدب ar كائن ذو أهداب ar هوادب cs nálevníci cs Ciliophora cs Ciliata cs Nálevník da Ciliophora da Ciliater de Wimpertierchen de Ciliophora de Wimperntierchen de Ciliaten es Ciliate es Cilioforos es Ciliados
🔖 Identifiers · 47
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85066336
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata sh85066336 ndl_authorities sh85025977 edition 2026-10-01 · pdl-1.0
GND ID
4189928-3
OpenAlex ID
C2777334866
AlgaeBase URL
www.algaebase.org
Arabic Ontology concept ID
293369
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/12956
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Ciliophora
BVPB authority ID
100895
BioLib taxon ID
176356
Catalogue of Life ID
3H
Dyntaxa ID
5000054
EPPO Code
1CILIP
Show all 47 identifiers +35
Encyclopedia of Life ID
4666
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/ciliate
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
cilies-infusoires
Fandom article ID
ru.naturalpedia:Инфузории
Fossilworks taxon ID
720
Freebase ID
/m/01x12
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
7765738
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
ciliofors
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0521748
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
infusjonsdyr
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2016376
INaturalist taxon ID
118996
IRMNG ID
239
ITIS TSN
46211
J9U entity ID
987007550606705171
KBpedia ID
Ciliate
Larousse ID
divers/cilié/33963
Lex ID
ciliater
MeSH descriptor ID
D016798
MeSH tree code
B01.043.185
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777334866
NBIC scientific name ID
1454
NCBI taxonomy ID
5878
NDL Authority ID
00570710
NE.se ID
ciliophora
NL CR AUT ID
ph781161
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
0adc33b5-1e89-4272-8992-969fd7f6dd64
Open Tree of Life ID
302424
PSH ID
935
Quora topic ID
Ciliophora-organism
Topic's main category
Category:Ciliates
UBio ID
4907719
WoRMS-ID for taxa
11
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
01397895-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/edda3d1f-7bd6-4076-bbde-08a63da70028

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 8
Oligohymenophorea, Spirotrichea, Intramacronucleata, Prostomatea, Nassophorea, Phyllopharyngea, Postciliodesmatophora, Plagiopylea
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
← Found in taxon 2
macronucleus, Nuclear dimorphism
Instance of 1
taxon
Means of locomotion 1
aquatic locomotion
Parent taxon 1
Alveolate
Taxon rank 1
phylum
Topic's main category 1
Category:Ciliates
Uses 1
cilium
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Ciliates
← FactGrid item ID 1
Bernadets
← Field of work 1
Marguerite Lwoff
← Used by 1
cilium
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . 日本淡水動物プランクトン検索図説. wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . The Ciliated Protozoa. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-11-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BVPB authority ID → 100895
    "Created claim: BVPB authority ID: 100895, batch #294593"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → cilium
    Start time → 6300000th century BC
    Means of locomotion → aquatic locomotion
    Taxon rank → phylum
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007550606705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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