Pteraster

Summary

Pteraster is a taxon^[1]. Pteraster ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pteraster's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Pteraster is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Pteraster is classified within Pterasteridae^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Pteraster is Pteraster^[6].
• Pteraster's Commons category is recorded as Pteraster^[7].
• The taxonomic type of Pteraster is Pteraster militaris^[8].
• Pteraster's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pteraster^[9].
• Pteraster's taxon synonym is recorded as Marsipaster^[10].
• Pteraster's taxon synonym is recorded as Lophopteraster^[11].
• Pteraster's taxon synonym is recorded as Retaster^[12].
• Pteraster's taxon synonym is recorded as Hexaster^[13].
• Pteraster's taxon synonym is recorded as Temnaster^[14].
• Pteraster's taxon synonym is recorded as Temnaster^[15].
• Pteraster's taxon synonym is recorded as Pterasterides^[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Pteraster is Pteraster^[6]. Pteraster is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Pteraster belongs to the parent taxon Pterasteridae^[5]. The taxonomic type of Pteraster is Pteraster militaris^[8].

Identifiers

Pteraster's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 194705^[17]. Pteraster's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 105872^[18]. Pteraster's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 36635^[19]. Pteraster's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2270728^[20]. Pteraster's ITIS TSN is recorded as 157107^[21].

Why It Matters

Pteraster ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).^[2] Pteraster has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22]