WoRMS taxon details
Microdesmus carri Gilbert, 1966
276224 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276224)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gilbert, C.R. (1966). Two new wormfishes (family Microdesmidae) from Costa Rica. Copeia 1966(2):325-332., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/1441142 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Microdesmus carri Gilbert, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276224 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Gilbert, C.R. (1966). Two new wormfishes (family Microdesmidae) from Costa Rica. Copeia 1966(2):325-332., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/1441142 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microdesmus carri)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Microdesmus carri, Belize, by Smith, D.G.)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Microdesmus carri FIN035243 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Microdesmus carri FIN035244 Slide 35 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microdesmus carri)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Microdesmus carri, Belize, by Smith, D.G.)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Microdesmus carri FIN035243 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Microdesmus carri FIN035244 Slide 35 mm)
To ITIS
