Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Doryteuthis opalescens

Market squid

WoRMS 574540ITIS 82371key worms:574540

43,352
observations: 43,352
sampling events: 1980–2023
years: 2
datasets: egg · invert
life stages

Observed in

CUFES Fish Eggs 42,272 obs · 42,272 events · 1998–2022 · egg
name used: Doryteuthis opalescens · code doryteuthis_opalescens
Ichthyoplankton 1,080 obs · 1,080 events · 1980–2023 · invert
name used: Doryteuthis opalescens Market squid · code 9542

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.

Ways in

Explorermaps, sections and time series of this taxon — opens prefilled
https://calcofi.io/explore/?taxon=worms:574540
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%3A574540%27+LIMIT+100%3B
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the CUFES Fish Eggs table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_cufes.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:574540%22

library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:574540")

Python

import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:574540'").df()

This page as data

JSONthis taxon's entry of the release record, verbatim
https://calcofi.io/species/worms-574540.json

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