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Solaster

genus of echinoderms
Taxon taxon Q2008010
Solaster
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Solaster

Summary

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

Key Facts

  • Solaster's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Solaster is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Solaster is classified within Solasteridae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Solaster is Solaster[6].
  • Solaster's Commons category is recorded as Solaster[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Solaster is Solaster endeca[8].
  • Solaster's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Solaster[9].
  • Solaster's Commons gallery is recorded as Solaster[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Solaster is Solaster[6]. Solaster is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Solaster belongs to the parent taxon Solasteridae[5]. The taxonomic type of Solaster is Solaster endeca[8].

Identifiers

Solaster's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 117699[11]. Solaster's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7597[12]. Solaster's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4340382[13]. Solaster's ITIS TSN is recorded as 157074[14].

Why It Matters

Solaster ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2] Solaster has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . New Genera, Species and Occurrences of Deep-Sea Asteroidea (Valvatacea, Forcipulatacea, Echinodermata) collected from the North Pacific Ocean by the CAPSTONE Expedition. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Solasteridae
    Topic's main category → Category:Solaster
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007554029405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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