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Portuguese man o' war

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Portuguese man o' war
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Summary

Portuguese man o' war is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.027% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,665 views/month, #53 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Physalia[4]
  • Taxon name: Physalia physalis[5]
  • Commons category: Physalia physalis[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Physalia physalis[7]
  • Commons gallery: Physalia physalis[8]
  • Short name: P. physalis[9]
  • Taxon common name: Portuguese man o' war[10], balandra[11], 작은부레관해파리[12]
  • Different from: Physalis[13]

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Identifiers

Portuguese man o' war's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 117302[14]. Portuguese man o' war's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 168775[15]. Portuguese man o' war's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46549987[16]. Portuguese man o' war's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2264734[17]. Portuguese man o' war's ITIS TSN is recorded as 719181[18].

Why It Matters

Portuguese man o' war has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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