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zooplankton

heterotrophic protistan or metazoan members of the plankton ecosystem
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zooplankton

Summary

zooplankton ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,239 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • zooplankton is a type of plankton[2].
  • zooplankton's Commons category is recorded as Zooplankton[3].
  • zooplankton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Zooplankton[4].
  • zooplankton's main food source is recorded as phytoplankton[5].

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Definition and Type

zooplankton is a type of plankton[2].

Why It Matters

zooplankton ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,239 views/month).[1] zooplankton has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] zooplankton is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → plankton
    Main food source → phytoplankton
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536541805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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