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Tetrahymena

genus of ciliate protozoa
Taxon taxon Q1198419
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Tetrahymena

Summary

Tetrahymena is a taxon[1]. Tetrahymena ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (254 views/month, #1,585 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tetrahymena received the Protist of the Year[3].
  • Tetrahymena's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Tetrahymena's instance of is recorded as model organism[5].
  • Tetrahymena is classified at the rank of genus[6].
  • Tetrahymena is classified within Tetrahymenidae[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Tetrahymena is Tetrahymena[8].
  • Tetrahymena's Commons category is recorded as Tetrahymena[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Tetrahymena is Tetrahymena geleii[10].
  • Tetrahymena is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'テトラヒメナ属'}[11].

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Classification

Tetrahymena's scientific name is Tetrahymena[8]. Tetrahymena is classified at the rank of genus[6]. Tetrahymena is classified within Tetrahymenidae[7]. The taxonomic type of Tetrahymena is Tetrahymena geleii[10]. Tetrahymena is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'テトラヒメナ属'}[11].

Identifiers

Tetrahymena's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 335397[12]. Tetrahymena's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5890[13]. Tetrahymena's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 61455[14]. Tetrahymena's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3204866[15]. Tetrahymena's ITIS TSN is recorded as 46386[16].

Why It Matters

Tetrahymena ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (254 views/month, #1,585 of 195,241).[2] Tetrahymena has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Tetrahymena is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

FAQs

What awards did Tetrahymena 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . The significant cytostomal pattern of the "Glaucoma-Colpidium group," and a proposed new genus and species, Tetrahymena geleii. wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Q106477729. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . 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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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type → Tetrahymena geleii
    Parent taxon → Tetrahymenidae
    Instance of → taxon, model organism
    Award received → Protist of the Year
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007546580105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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