Nephropidae

family of large marine crustaceans
Taxon taxon Q1038113
Nephropidae
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Summary

Nephropidae is a taxon[1]. Nephropidae ranks in the top 0.2% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,828 views/month, #392 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Astacidea[4], Nephropoidea[5]
  • Taxon name: Nephropidae[6]
  • Has use: lobster[7]
  • Commons category: Nephropidae[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Nephropidae[9]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
  • Topic has template: Template:Taxonomy/Nephropidae[12]
  • This taxon is source of: lobster[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]

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Identifiers

Nephropidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 61385[15]. Nephropidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6704[16]. Nephropidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46505671[17]. Nephropidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4523[18]. Nephropidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 97307[19].

Why It Matters

Nephropidae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Nephropidae is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Nephropidae
    Taxon rank → family
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 14302, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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