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Genus · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Benthosema

WoRMS 125815ITIS 162679GBIF 2406056key worms:125815
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162679 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · lilychughes · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Benthosema glaciale

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

Photograph of Benthosema
Photo · anonymous, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

Benthosema is a genus of lanternfishes.W CalCOFI holds 209 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1966 and 2012, as larva, across 4 taxa under it.R

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

Observed in
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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.

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

Under it · 3 taxa

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
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