Placozoa

phylum of marine invertebrates
Taxon taxon Q131040
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Summary

Placozoa is a taxon[1]. Placozoa ranks in the top 0.5% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,353 views/month, #979 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: phylum[3]
  • Parent taxon: Parazoa[4], Metazoa[5], Animalia[6]
  • Taxon name: Placozoa[7]
  • Subclass of: invertebrate[8]
  • Commons category: Placozoa[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Placozoa[10], Q15969490[11]
  • Taxon common name: Plattetiere[12], vločkovci[13], Placozoo[14], Laakkoeläimet[15], પટ્ટપ્રાણી સંઘ[16], पट्टप्राणी संघ[17], Korongállatkák[18], 平板動物門、板形動物門[19], 판형동물문[20], Plokščiagyvis[21], Plakdiertjes[22], Placozoários[23], Плакозои[24], Placozoer[25]

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Identifiers

Placozoa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 151837[26]. Placozoa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10226[27]. Placozoa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8773[28]. Placozoa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 76[29]. Placozoa's ITIS TSN is recorded as 563955[30].

Why It Matters

Placozoa has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Placozoa is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

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] ↑ . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [28] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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