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Myxinidae 
AphiaID: 101162

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Agnatha (Superclass) > Myxini (Class) > Myxiniformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Myxiniformes
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces - Agnatha, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 358 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English hagfishes  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål slimålfamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk slimålfamilien  [details]
Swedish pirålar  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Subfamily Eptatretinae
  » Genus Bdellostoma
» Genus Eptatretus Cloquet, 1819
» Genus Heptatrema
» Genus Heptatretus
» Genus Homea
» Genus Paramyxine
» Genus Polistotrema
» Genus Quadratus
Subfamily Myxininae
  » Genus Gasterobranchus
» Genus Gastrobranchus
» Genus Muraenoblenna
» Genus Myxine Linnaeus, 1758
» Genus Nemamyxine
» Genus Neomyxine
» Genus Notomyxine
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101162
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Myxinidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101162 on 2013-06-20
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