Ctenophora

phylum of animals
Taxon taxon Q102778
Ctenophora
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Summary

Ctenophora is a taxon[1]. Ctenophora ranks in the top 0.38% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,791 views/month, #740 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: phylum[3]
  • Parent taxon: Radiata[4], Animalia[5], Eumetazoa[6]
  • Taxon name: Ctenophora[7]
  • Subclass of: invertebrate[8]
  • Commons category: Ctenophora[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ctenophores[10]
  • Commons gallery: Ctenophora[11]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[16]
  • Taxon common name: Rippequalle[17], Rippmquoin / Kampéquoin[18], žebernatky[19], Rippenqualle[20], Κτενοφόρα[21], comb jellies[22], Tenóforos[23], Kammloomad[24], Kampamaneetit[25], Cténophores[26], Ctenóforos[27], מסרקניים[28], Bordásmedúzák[29], 有櫛動物門[30]

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Identifiers

Ctenophora's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51508[31]. Ctenophora's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10197[32]. Ctenophora's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 69[33]. Ctenophora's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 51[34]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 53856[35], 118846[36], and 53857[37].

Why It Matters

Ctenophora has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Ctenophora is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [33] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [34] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 53856, 118846, 53857
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 53857, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 3d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 53856, 118846, 53857
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 118846, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  3. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ctenophora
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: ctenophora, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289924021|ctenophora (#289924021)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  4. 16w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Homonymous taxon → Ctenophora, Ctenophora, Ctenophora
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Homonymous taxon: Ctenophora"
  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004726-zebernatky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0004726-zebernatky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
  6. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Homonymous taxon → Ctenophora, Ctenophora, Ctenophora
    Topic's main category → Category:Ctenophores
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 17152, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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