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Dictyota

genus of algae
Taxon taxon Q2154543
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Dictyota

Summary

Dictyota is a taxon[1]. Dictyota ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month, #1,612 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dictyota's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Dictyota is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Dictyota belongs to the parent taxon Dictyotaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Dictyota is Dictyota[6].
  • Dictyota's Commons category is recorded as Dictyota[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Dictyota is Dictyota dichotoma[8].
  • Dictyota's AlgaeBase URL is recorded as https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=51[9].
  • Dictyota's taxon synonym is recorded as Pachydictyon[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Dictyota is Dictyota[6]. Dictyota is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Dictyota is classified within Dictyotaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Dictyota is Dictyota dichotoma[8].

Identifiers

Dictyota's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51021[11]. Dictyota's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 9669[12]. Dictyota's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3200250[13]. Dictyota's ITIS TSN is recorded as 11162[14].

Why It Matters

Dictyota ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month, #1,612 of 195,241).[2] Dictyota has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . An Updated Classification of Brown Algae (Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . An Updated Classification of Brown Algae (Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae). wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . An Updated Classification of Brown Algae (Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . AlgaeBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Taxon synonym → Pachydictyon
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Dictyotaceae
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987012431152905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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