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Fucus

genus of algae
Taxon taxon Q180597
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Fucus

Summary

Fucus is a taxon[1]. Fucus ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (180 views/month, #1,553 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fucus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Fucus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Fucus belongs to the parent taxon Fucaceae[5].
  • Fucus's scientific name is Fucus[6].
  • Fucus's Commons category is recorded as Fucus[7].
  • Fucus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fucus[8].
  • Fucus's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[9].
  • Fucus's AlgaeBase URL is recorded as https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=71[10].
  • Fucus's different from is recorded as Morsztyn[11].

Body

Classification

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

Identifiers

Fucus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48217[12]. Fucus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3011[13]. Fucus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 9836[14]. Fucus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7832266[15]. Fucus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 11334[16].

Why It Matters

Fucus ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (180 views/month, #1,553 of 195,241).[2] Fucus has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

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. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . AlgaeBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Fucaceae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Instance of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007551355105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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