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Heteractis

genus of cnidarians
Taxon taxon Q667834
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Summary

Heteractis is a taxon[1]. Heteractis has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Heteractidae[4]
  • Taxon name: Heteractis[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Heteractis[6]
  • Homonymous taxon: Heteractis[7]

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Identifiers

Heteractis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 143048[8]. Heteractis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 38280[9]. Heteractis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 54257[10]. Heteractis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2256762[11]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 611447[12] and 49458[13].

Why It Matters

Heteractis is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Itis tsn → 611447, 49458
    Instance of → taxon
    Topic's main category → Category:Heteractis
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 49458, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
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