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Velella

monospecific genus of cnidarians
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q4009331
Velella
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Velella

Summary

Velella is a monotypic taxon[1]. Velella ranks in the top 0.039% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,577 views/month, #1 of 2,572).[2]

Key Facts

  • Velella's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[3].
  • Velella is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Velella belongs to the parent taxon Porpitidae[5].
  • Velella's scientific name is Velella[6].
  • Velella's Commons category is recorded as Velella[7].
  • Velella's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Velella[8].

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Classification

Velella's scientific name is Velella[6]. Velella is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Velella belongs to the parent taxon Porpitidae[5].

Identifiers

Velella's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 59699[9]. Velella's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 168800[10]. Velella's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46550208[11]. Velella's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2265791[12]. Velella's ITIS TSN is recorded as 51265[13].

Why It Matters

Velella ranks in the top 0.039% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,577 views/month, #1 of 2,572).[2] Velella has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → monotypic taxon
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Velella
    Parent taxon → Porpitidae
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536556205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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