Paramecium

genus of unicellular ciliates, commonly studied as a representative of the ciliate group

Taxon Taxon Q199456

Facts

8 properties

Instance of: taxon
Award received: Protist of the Year^[1]
Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Parent taxon: Parameciidae^[3]
Taxon common name: パラメシウム属, Pantoffeltierchen, slipper animalcule^[11]^[12]^[13]
Taxon name: Paramecium^[4]
Taxon rank: genus^[2]
Topic has template: Template:Paramecium^[10]

🏷️ Also known as

en paramecia en Paramecium ar متناعلة ar باراميسيوم ar براميسيوم ar Paramecium ar البرامسيوم cs Trepka cs Paramecium de Pantoffeltier de Paramecium de Pantoffeltierchen es Paramecio es paramecio fa پارامسی fi Paramecium fi Tohvelieläin fi tohvelieläimet fr Paramécie fr Paramecie

🔖 Identifiers · 35

OpenAlex ID: C2780536333
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Paramecium.jpg ↗
Australian Faunal Directory ID: Paramecium
Catalogue of Life ID: 63JXY
EPPO Code: 1PRAMG
Elhuyar ZTH ID: 029319
Encyclopedia of Life ID: 61312
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: science/Paramecium
Freebase ID: /m/01b45y
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 3237260
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: tøffeldyr
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 4212085

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Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID: tufel-ki-3c4c51
INaturalist taxon ID: 244400
ITIS TSN: 46413
Interlingual Index ID: i42658
J9U entity ID: 987007563160505171
KBpedia ID: Paramecium
Krugosvet article (archived): nauka_i_tehnika/biologiya/PARAMETSII.html
Larousse ID: images/Paramécie/1002048, animations/Paramécie/1100114, divers/paramécie/76784
MeSH descriptor ID: D010247
MeSH tree code: B01.043.185.650.375.550.637
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2.9B (2.8B–2.9B, n=3)
NBIC scientific name ID: 206715
NBN System Key: NHMSYS0020787553
NCBI taxonomy ID: 5884
New Zealand Organisms Register ID: 1b1e0bbe-1e06-4309-9734-d7f7d58ed6e6
NicoNicoPedia word article ID: ゾウリムシ
Open Tree of Life ID: 568126
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID: ゾウリムシ
Topic's main category: Category:Paramecium
UMLS CUI: C0030448
Wellcome Collection concept ID: nsuxfsjy
WoRMS-ID for taxa: 415756
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 01398689-n

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🔗 Connections

← Parent taxon 3

Paramecium caudatum, Paramecium bursaria, Paramecium aurelia

Described by source 2

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

Award received 1

Protist of the Year

Instance of 1

taxon

Parent taxon 1

Parameciidae

Taxon rank 1

genus

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Brighstone

← Field of work 1

Roger Arliner Young

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FAQs

What awards did Paramecium receive?

Honors received include Protist of the Year^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Paramecium — taxon rank (P105): genus. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Paramecium — award received (P166): Protist of the Year. protozoologie.de. Retrieved 2019-01-30. protozoologie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Paramecium — parent taxon (P171): Parameciidae. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Paramecium — taxon name (P225): Paramecium. Catalogue of the Generic Names of Ciliates. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Paramecium — described by source (P1343): Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Paramecium — described by source (P1343): Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Paramecium — described by source (P1343): Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Paramecium — described by source (P1343): Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Paramecium — described by source (P1343): Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Paramecium — topic has template (P1424): Template:Paramecium. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Paramecium — taxon common name (P1843): パラメシウム属. 日本淡水動物プランクトン検索図説. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Paramecium — taxon common name (P1843): Pantoffeltierchen. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Paramecium — taxon common name (P1843): slipper animalcule. wikidata.org.

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Parent taxon → Parameciidae

Taxon rank → genus

Instance of → taxon

Award received → Protist of the Year

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