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Ciona

genus of tunicates
Taxon taxon Q3677397
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Ciona

Summary

Ciona is a taxon[1]. Ciona ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month, #1,613 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ciona's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Ciona is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Ciona is classified within Cionidae[5].
  • Ciona's scientific name is Ciona[6].
  • Ciona's Commons category is recorded as Ciona[7].
  • Ciona's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ciona[8].

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Classification

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

Identifiers

Ciona's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48273[9]. Ciona's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7718[10]. Ciona's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46584137[11]. Ciona's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2329615[12]. Ciona's ITIS TSN is recorded as 159112[13].

Why It Matters

Ciona ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month, #1,613 of 195,241).[2] Ciona has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Cionidae
    Topic's main category → Category:Ciona
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007543929105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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