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Rotifera

phylum of animals
Taxon taxon Q180148
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Summary

Rotifera is a taxon[1]. Rotifera ranks in the top 0.58% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,584 views/month, #1,133 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: phylum[3]
  • Parent taxon: Platyzoa[4], Spiralia[5]
  • Taxon name: Rotifera[6]
  • Subclass of: invertebrate[7]
  • Commons category: Rotifera[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rotifers[9]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15]
  • Taxon common name: Raderdiertjes[16], hjuldyr[17], kotačniki[18]

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Identifiers

Rotifera's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 126917[19]. Rotifera's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10190[20]. Rotifera's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 6851[21]. Rotifera's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 91[22]. Rotifera's ITIS TSN is recorded as 58239[23].

Why It Matters

Rotifera has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Rotifera is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Subclass of → invertebrate
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