Genus · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Benthosema

WoRMS 125815ITIS 162679GBIF 2406056key worms:125815

209
observations: 42
sampling events: 1966–2012
years: 1
datasets: 3
species under it: larva
life stages

Observed in

Ichthyoplankton 42 obs · 42 events · 1966–2002 · larva
name used: Benthosema · code 216

One row per dataset, 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.

Under it · 3 taxa

sp Benthosema panamense Panama lanternfish101
sp Benthosema suborbitale Smallfin lanternfish64
sp Benthosema fibulatum Spinycheek lanternfish2

Note from the crosswalk

2026-08-05: itis_id 162679 via WoRMS external link

Ways in

Explorermaps, sections and time series of this taxon — opens prefilled
https://calcofi.io/explore/?taxon=worms:125815
db-querySQL in your browser — the shell opens with this query
https://calcofi.io/db-query/?sql=SELECT+%2A+FROM+__TBL%3Aobs_bio__+WHERE+taxon_key+%3D+%27worms%3A125815%27+LIMIT+100%3B
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:125815%22

library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:125815")

Python

import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:125815'").df()

This page as data

JSONthis taxon's entry of the release record, verbatim
https://calcofi.io/species/worms-125815.json

Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.06, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.