Hippocampus
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Summary
Hippocampus is a taxon[1]. Hippocampus ranks in the top 0.15% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,777 views/month, #294 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Parent taxon: Hippocampinae[4]
- Taxon name: Hippocampus[5]
- Commons category: Hippocampus[6]
- Start time: -23000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Seahorses[8]
- Commons gallery: Seahorse[9]
- Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[11], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14]
- Different from: seahorse[15], Seepferdchen[16], hippocamp[17]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18]
- CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[19]
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Identifiers
Hippocampus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 54541[20]. Hippocampus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 72046[21]. Hippocampus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46567766[22]. Hippocampus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8156547[23]. Hippocampus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 166487[24].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Hippocampus include HSwMS Sjöhästen[25], a submarine[26].
Why It Matters
Hippocampus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Hippocampus is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]
Entities named for Hippocampus include HSwMS Sjöhästen[25], a submarine[26].