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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Nansenia crassa

Stout argentine

WoRMS 272927ITIS 623630GBIF 5214220key worms:272927
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2026-08-05: itis_id 623630 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Microstoma microstoma
Stout argentine26.6 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

CalCOFI holds 865 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2022, as larva.R

865
observations
865
records
865
sampling events
1951–2022
years
2
datasets
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 863 obs · 863 events · 1951–2022 · larva
    name used: Nansenia crassa Stout argentine · code 63
  • Mesopelagic Fish 2 obs · 2 events · 2011
    name used: Nansenia crassa · code Nansenia crassa

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

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:272927%22