WoRMS taxon details
Microdesmus dorsipunctatus Dawson, 1968
276226 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276226)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Dawson, C. E. (1968). Eastern Pacific wormfishes, Microdesmus dipus Günther and Microdesmus dorsipunctatus sp. nov. <em>Copeia 1968.</em> (3): 512-531. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Microdesmus dorsipunctatus Dawson, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276226 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Dawson, C. E. (1968). Eastern Pacific wormfishes, Microdesmus dipus Günther and Microdesmus dorsipunctatus sp. nov. <em>Copeia 1968.</em> (3): 512-531. [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microdesmus dorsipunctatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Microdesmus dorsipunctatus, El Salvador, by Robertson, R.)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Microdesmus dorsipunctatus RAD111400-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Microdesmus dorsipunctatus USNM 202427 paratype radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microdesmus dorsipunctatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Microdesmus dorsipunctatus, El Salvador, by Robertson, R.)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Microdesmus dorsipunctatus RAD111400-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Microdesmus dorsipunctatus USNM 202427 paratype radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS
