World Register of Deep-Sea species - Benthodesmus benjamini Fowler, 1938

Deep-Sea name details

Benthodesmus benjamini Fowler, 1938

AphiaID

305394 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:305394)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Benthodesmus tenuis (Günther, 1877)

Rank

Species

Parent

Benthodesmus Goode & Bean, 1882

Original name

Benthodesmus benjamini Fowler, 1938

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Fowler, H. W. (1938). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross", chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 85 (3032): 31-135. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Benthodesmus benjamini Fowler, 1938. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=305394 on 2025-11-15

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Benthodesmus benjamini Fowler, 1938. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=305394 on 2025-11-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2023-01-10 08:56:01Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Fowler, H. W. (1938). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross", chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 85 (3032): 31-135. [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To FishBase
To NMNH Extant Collection (Benthodesmus benjamini P01746 illustration)
To ITIS

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Benthodesmus benjamini P01746 illustration)

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