Genus · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Melamphaes

WoRMS 126181ITIS 166093key worms:126181

5,947
observations: 4,328
sampling events: 1951–2023
years: 2
datasets: 3
species under it: larva
life stages

Observed in

Ichthyoplankton 4,327 obs · 4,327 events · 1951–2023 · larva
name used: Melamphaes · code 398
Mesopelagic Fish 1 obs · 1 events · 2011
name used: Melamphaes sp. · code Melamphaes sp. sp. → genus

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 Melamphaes lugubris Highsnout bigscale1,177
sp Melamphaes parvus Little bigscale424
sp Melamphaes simus18

Note from the crosswalk

2026-08-05: itis_id 166093 via WoRMS external link 2026-08-05: worms_id 126181 matched by name "Melamphaes" 2026-08-05: itis_id 166093 via WoRMS external link

Ways in

Explorermaps, sections and time series of this taxon — opens prefilled
https://calcofi.io/explore/?taxon=worms:126181
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%3A126181%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:126181%22

library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:126181")

Python

import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:126181'").df()

This page as data

JSONthis taxon's entry of the release record, verbatim
https://calcofi.io/species/worms-126181.json

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