Euglena

genus of unicellular flagellate protists
Taxon taxon Q236001
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Euglena

Summary

Euglena is a taxon[1]. Euglena ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (961 views/month, #1,416 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Euglena received the Protist of the Year[3].
  • Euglena's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Euglena is classified at the rank of genus[5].
  • Euglena is classified within Eugleninae[6].
  • Euglena's scientific name is Euglena[7].
  • Euglena's Commons category is recorded as Euglena[8].
  • Euglena's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • Euglena's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • Euglena's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • Euglena's AlgaeBase URL is recorded as https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43651[12].
  • Euglena is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ユーグレナ属'}[13].
  • Euglena is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ミドリムシ属'}[14].
  • Euglena's fabrication method is recorded as hand weaving[15].

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Classification

Euglena's scientific name is Euglena[7]. Euglena is classified at the rank of genus[5]. Euglena is classified within Eugleninae[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ユーグレナ属'}[13] and {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ミドリムシ属'}[14].

Identifiers

Euglena's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 203631[16]. Euglena's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3038[17]. Euglena's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 11704[18]. Euglena's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3209628[19]. Euglena's ITIS TSN is recorded as 9620[20].

Why It Matters

Euglena ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (961 views/month, #1,416 of 195,241).[2] Euglena has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Euglena is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

FAQs

What awards did Euglena receive?

Honors received include Protist of the Year[3].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . Higher classification and phylogeny of Euglenozoa. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . protozoologie.de. Retrieved . protozoologie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Higher classification and phylogeny of Euglenozoa. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Higher classification and phylogeny of Euglenozoa. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . AlgaeBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . Q106477729. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Q107356513. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion. Retrieved . dx.doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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