Původní popis
Dawson, C. E. 1968. Eastern Pacific wormfishes, Microdesmus dipus Günther and Microdesmus dorsipunctatus sp. nov. Copeia 1968 (no. 3): 512-531.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.