Biology:Myxine
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Short description: Genus of jawless fishes
| Myxine | |
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| Atlantic Hagfish (Myxine glutinosa) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | Myxini |
| Order: | Myxiniformes |
| Family: | Myxinidae |
| Subfamily: | Myxininae |
| Genus: | Myxine Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Myxine glutinosa | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Southern hagfish (Myxine australis) mid-19th century drawing by Günther
Myxine /mɪkˈsaɪniː/ is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek μυξῖνος (myxinos, "slimy"). It is the type genus of the class Myxini.[3]
In 2021, three new species of Myxine were described from the Galápagos including M. phantasma, the only species of Myxine to not have melanin-based pigments.[4]
Species
- Myxine affinis Günther, 1870 (Patagonian hagfish)
- Myxine australis Jenyns, 1842 (southern hagfish)
- Myxine capensis Regan, 1913 (Cape hagfish)
- Myxine circifrons Garman, 1899 (whiteface hagfish)
- Myxine debueni Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Magellan hagfish)
- Myxine fernholmi Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Falkland Islands hagfish)
- Myxine formosana H. K. Mok & C. H. Kuo, 2001 (Formosa hagfish)
- Myxine garmani D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 (Garman's hagfish)
- Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Atlantic hagfish)
- Myxine greggi Mincarone, Plachetzki, McCord, Winegard, Fernholm, Gonzalez & Fudge, 2021
- Myxine hubbsi Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Hubbs' hagfish)
- Myxine hubbsoides Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995
- Myxine ios Fernholm, 1981 (white-headed hagfish)
- Myxine jespersenae Møller, Feld, I. H. Poulsen, Thomsen & Thormar, 2005 (Jespersen's hagfish)
- Myxine knappi Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995) (Knapp's hagfish)
- Myxine kuoi H. K. Mok, 2002 (Kuo's hagfish)
- Myxine limosa Girard, 1859 (Girard's Atlantic hagfish)
- Myxine martinii Mincarone, Plachetzki, McCord, Winegard, Fernholm, Gonzalez & Fudge, 2021
- Myxine mccoskeri Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (McCosker's hagfish)
- Myxine mcmillanae Hensley, 1991 (Caribbean hagfish)
- Myxine paucidens Regan, 1913 (Hyalonema hagfish)
- Myxine pequenoi Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Chilean hagfish)
- Myxine phantasma Mincarone, Plachetzki, McCord, Winegard, Fernholm, Gonzalez & Fudge, 2021 (ghost hagfish)
- Myxine robinsora Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Wisner's Caribbean hagfish)
- Myxine sotoi Mincarone, 2001 (Brazilian hagfish)
References
- ↑ Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ↑ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Petromyzontidae". http://www.fishbase.se/summary/FamilySummary.php?ID=1.
- ↑ Genus Myxine
- ↑ Mincarone, M M; Plachetzki, D; McCord, C L; Winegard, T M; Fernholm, B; Gonzalez, C J; Fudge, D S (2021). "Review of the hagfishes (Myxinidae) from the Galapagos Islands, with descriptions of four new species and their phylogenetic relationships". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192 (2): 453–474. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa178. ISSN 0024-4082. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa178.
Wikidata ☰ Q740209 entry
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