Japanese spider crabs

species of crab
Taxon taxon Q273655
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Japanese spider crabs

Summary

Japanese spider crabs is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.28% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,395 views/month, #553 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Japanese spider crabs's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Japanese spider crabs is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Japanese spider crabs is classified within Macrocheira[5].
  • Japanese spider crabs's scientific name is Macrocheira kaempferi[6].
  • Japanese spider crabs's Commons category is recorded as Macrocheira kaempferi[7].
  • Japanese spider crabs's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Macrocheira kaempferi[8].
  • Japanese spider crabs's Commons gallery is recorded as Macrocheira kaempferi[9].
  • Japanese spider crabs's original combination is recorded as Maja kaempferi[10].
  • Japanese spider crabs's taxon synonym is recorded as Maja kaempferi[11].
  • Japanese spider crabs's taxon synonym is recorded as Macrocheira ginzanensis[12].
  • Japanese spider crabs's taxon synonym is recorded as Macrocheira yabei[13].
  • Japanese spider crabs's taxon synonym is recorded as Paratymolus yabei[14].
  • Japanese spider crabs is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '甘氏巨螯蟹'}[15].
  • Japanese spider crabs is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '帝王蟹'}[16].
  • Japanese spider crabs is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'タカアシガニ'}[17].
  • Japanese spider crabs is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'arañón xaponés'}[18].
  • Japanese spider crabs's taxon author citation is recorded as (Temminck, 1836)[19].

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Classification

Japanese spider crabs's scientific name is Macrocheira kaempferi[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Macrocheira[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '甘氏巨螯蟹'}[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '帝王蟹'}[16], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'タカアシガニ'}[17], and {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'arañón xaponés'}[18].

Identifiers

Japanese spider crabs's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 127535[20]. Japanese spider crabs's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1124764[21]. Japanese spider crabs's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46507307[22]. Japanese spider crabs's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5729749[23].

Why It Matters

Japanese spider crabs ranks in the top 0.28% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,395 views/month, #553 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [21] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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