WoRMS taxon details
Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 101170
AphiaID: 101170
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Agnatha (Superclass) > Myxini (Class) > Myxiniformes (Order) > Myxinidae (Family) > Myxininae (Subfamily) > Myxine (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Myxine Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Myxine Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Gasterobranchus glutinosus (Linnaeus, 1758) Gastrobranchus coecus Bloch, 1795 Myxine glutinosa australis Putnam, 1874 Myxine glutinosa limosa Putnam, 1874 Myxine glutinosa septentrionalis Putnam, 1874 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 650 [details] 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: Bigelow, H.B. and W.C. Schroeder. 1953. Sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates and rays, and chimaeroids. In Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Memoir Sears Foundation for Marine Research 1(2). Yale University, New Haven. 588 p. [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37 (look up in IMIS) page(s): 650 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Myxine glutinosa australis Putnam, 1874 accepted as Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Myxine glutinosa limosa Putnam, 1874 accepted as Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Myxine glutinosa septentrionalis Putnam, 1874 accepted as Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 18 [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Hudson Strait [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (562 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (114 nucleotides; 149 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Dead and dying fishes and invertebrates [details] Distribution: Western Atlantic from Greenland to New York [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Habitat: Found at depths of 40- 1200m over muddy bottoms. [details] Importance: Scientific- Medical and physiological research (Has 3 hearts, 1 without nerves) [details] Predators: Cod, white hake, halibut, cusk [details] Reproduction: Spawns throughout the year; eggs are large and few in number [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101170 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758. 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=101170 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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