Paramecium

Summary

Paramecium is a taxon^[1]. Paramecium ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,623 views/month, #1,276 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Paramecium received the Protist of the Year^[3].
• Paramecium's instance of is recorded as taxon^[4].
• Paramecium is classified at the rank of genus^[5].
• Paramecium belongs to the parent taxon Parameciidae^[6].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Paramecium is Paramecium^[7].
• Paramecium's Commons category is recorded as Paramecium^[8].
• Paramecium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Paramecium^[9].
• Paramecium's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature^[10].
• Paramecium's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• Paramecium's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[12].
• Paramecium's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[13].
• Paramecium's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6^[14].
• Paramecium's topic has template is recorded as Template:Paramecium^[15].
• Paramecium is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'パラメシウム属'}^[16].
• Paramecium is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Pantoffeltierchen'}^[17].
• Paramecium is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'slipper animalcule'}^[18].

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Classification

Paramecium's scientific name is Paramecium^[7]. Paramecium is classified at the rank of genus^[5]. Paramecium is classified within Parameciidae^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'パラメシウム属'}^[16], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Pantoffeltierchen'}^[17], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'slipper animalcule'}^[18].

Identifiers

Paramecium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 244400^[19]. Paramecium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5884^[20]. Paramecium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 61312^[21]. Paramecium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3237260^[22]. Paramecium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 46413^[23].

Why It Matters

Paramecium ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,623 views/month, #1,276 of 195,241).^[2] Paramecium has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] Paramecium is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]

FAQs

What awards did Paramecium receive?

Honors received include Protist of the Year^[3].