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Subfamily · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Malacosteinae

Loosejaws

WoRMS 154693ITIS 622320key worms:154693
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2026-08-05: itis_id 622320 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Yan Wong · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Malacosteus niger

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).

CalCOFI holds 444 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2021, as larva, across 3 taxa under it.R

444
observations
444
records
5
sampling events
1951–2021
years
2
datasets
1
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 5 obs · 5 events · 2002 · larva
    name used: Malacosteinae Loosejaws · code 150

Under it · 1 taxon

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:154693%22