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Ariosoma

Genusaccepted · checked 2026-08-05WoRMS 125622ITIS 161343GBIF 2403171key worms:125622
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2026-08-05: itis_id 161343 via WoRMS external link

Ariosoma is a genus of marine congrid eels.W CalCOFI holds 76 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1959 and 2006, as larva, across 3 taxa under it.R

76
observations
76
records
4
sampling events
1959–2006
years
1
datasets
2
species under it
larva
life stages
A species of conger eel ( Ariosoma selenops ). Gulf of Mexico. Credit: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC.
Photo · NOAA Photo Library · CC BY 2.0 · commons

Observed in 1 dataset
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One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • 4 obs4 events1972–2002larva
    name used: Ariosoma · code 1030

Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON

Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:125622%22

Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it not on record

Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Under it 2 taxa · Ariosoma gilberti most observed
Life stages larva
  • Ichthyoplankton larva

The stages each dataset records for it, from the release's obs_bio.life_stage.

Lineage 12 ranks · Biota to Bathymyrinae
Credits silhouette · photo · text
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist

WikidataiNaturalist

The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.

Cite the release, v2026.10.19

Cite the release, v2026.10.19; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗