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Giant tube worm

species of annelid
Taxon taxon Q133020
Giant tube worm
C. Van Dover (OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP); College of William & Mary) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Giant tube worm is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,600 views/month, #1,533 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Riftia[4]
  • Taxon name: Riftia pachyptila[5]
  • Commons category: Riftia pachyptila[6]
  • Short name: R. pachyptila[7]
  • Taxon common name: Giant tube worm[8]
  • Taxon author citation: M. L. Jones, 1981[9]

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Identifiers

Giant tube worm's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 58405[10]. Giant tube worm's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6426[11]. Giant tube worm's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 393274[12]. Giant tube worm's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2329590[13]. Giant tube worm's ITIS TSN is recorded as 563979[14].

Why It Matters

Giant tube worm has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . 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.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Wikipedia title → Riftia pachyptila
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Riftia
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: M. L. Jones, 1981, Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
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