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Cymothoa

Genus of parasitic crustaceans in the order Isopoda
Taxon taxon Q18877
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Cymothoa

Summary

Cymothoa is a taxon[1]. Cymothoa ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month, #1,620 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

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

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Classification

Cymothoa's scientific name is Cymothoa[6]. Cymothoa is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Cymothoa belongs to the parent taxon Cymothoidae[5].

Identifiers

Cymothoa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49938[9]. Cymothoa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 439377[10]. Cymothoa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 14036[11]. Cymothoa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2201566[12]. Cymothoa's ITIS TSN is recorded as 92456[13].

Why It Matters

Cymothoa ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month, #1,620 of 195,241).[2] Cymothoa has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Cymothoa is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . 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.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Cymothoidae
    Topic's main category → Category:Cymothoa
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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