Stentor

genus of protists
Taxon taxon Q1202152
Stentor
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Stentor

Summary

Stentor is a taxon[1]. Stentor ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (350 views/month, #1,533 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Stentor received the Protist of the Year[3].
  • Stentor's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Stentor is classified at the rank of genus[5].
  • Stentor is named after Stentor[6].
  • Stentor is classified within Stentoridae[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Stentor is Stentor[8].
  • Stentor's Commons category is recorded as Stentor[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Stentor is Stentor muelleri[10].
  • Stentor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Stentor[11].
  • Stentor's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Stentor's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Stentor's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • Stentor is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Trumpet animalcules'}[15].
  • Stentor is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Trompetentierchen'}[16].
  • Stentor's different from is recorded as STENTOR[17].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Stentor is Stentor[8]. Stentor is classified at the rank of genus[5]. Stentor is classified within Stentoridae[7]. The taxonomic type of Stentor is Stentor muelleri[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Trumpet animalcules'}[15] and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Trompetentierchen'}[16].

Discovery and Description

Stentor is named after Stentor[6].

Identifiers

Stentor's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 246099[18]. Stentor's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5962[19]. Stentor's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 62051[20]. Stentor's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2640553[21].

Why It Matters

Stentor ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (350 views/month, #1,533 of 195,241).[2] Stentor has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Stentor is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

FAQs

What awards did Stentor receive?

Honors received include Protist of the Year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . Stentor coeruleus. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . protozoologie.de. Retrieved . protozoologie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . The World Ciliate Catalog. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Opinion 418 Validation under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Stentor Oken, 1815 (class Ciliophora). wikidata.org.
  9. [19] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [21] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type Stentor muelleri
    Parent taxon Stentoridae
    Instance of taxon
    Award received Protist of the Year
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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