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protostome

clade of animals whose mouth develops before the anus
Taxon clade Q5171
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Summary

protostome is a clade[1]. protostome ranks in the top 6% of clade entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,686 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: taxon[3]
  • Taxon rank: infrakingdom[4]
  • Parent taxon: Nephrozoa[5]
  • Taxon name: Protostomia[6]
  • Subclass of: Nephrozoa[7]
  • Commons category: Protostomia[8]
  • Start time: -570000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Protostomes[10]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[11]
  • Union of: list of values as qualifiers[12]
  • Homonymous taxon: Protostomia[13]

Body

Identifiers

protostome's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 33317[14]. protostome's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 10459935[15]. protostome's ITIS TSN is recorded as 914155[16].

Why It Matters

protostome has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] protostome is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Monster Iestyn · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Nephrozoa
    Topic's main category → Category:Protostomes
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Topic's main category: Q140287640"
  2. 20w ago · MSGJ · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → clade, taxon
    Temporal range start → Q188654
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → Nephrozoa
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages:0||82 */ Remove all redundant labels/aliases same as [[WD:MUL|mul]] label/aliases via [[User:Midleading/RemoveRedundantLabels.js]]"
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