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Myxine glutinosa
Linnaeus, 1758
- Atlantic hagfish
(fish)
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Entity:
Myxine (Genus)
..Myxine affinis (Species) - Patagonian hagfish
..Myxine australis (Species)
..Myxine capensis (Species) - Cape hagfish
..Myxine circifrons (Species) - whiteface hagfish
..Myxine debueni (Species)
..Myxine fernholmi (Species)
..Myxine formosana (Species)
..Myxine garmani (Species)
..Myxine hubbsi (Species)
..Myxine hubbsoides (Species)
..Myxine ios (Species) - white-headed hagfish
..Myxine jespersenae (Species)
..Myxine knappi (Species)
..Myxine kuoi (Species)
..Myxine mccoskeri (Species)
..Myxine mcmillanae (Species) - Caribbean hagfish
..Myxine paucidens (Species)
..Myxine pequenoi (Species)
..Myxine robinsorum (Species)
..Myxine sotoi (Species)
..Myxine glutinosa (Species) - Atlantic hagfish
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 650.
Types
Type, by monotypy, of
:
Myxine
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Myxine glutinosa
var.
australis
Putnam, 1874, nom. inval.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 3 Jul 2012.
[implicit]
Unavailable name
:
Myxine glutinosa
var.
limosa
Putnam, 1874, nom. inval.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 3 Jul 2012.
[implicit]
Questionably
Unavailable name
:
Myxine glutinosa
var.
septentrionalis
Putnam, 1874, nom. inval.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 3 Jul 2012.
[implicit]
Synonyms
Junior subjective synonym
:
Gastrobranchus coecus
Bloch, 1795
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 3 Jul 2012.
Junior subjective synonym
:
Myxine atlantica
Regan, 1913
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 3 Jul 2012.
Junior subjective synonym
:
Myxine limosa
Girard, 1859
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 3 Jul 2012.
Junior subjective synonym
:
Petromyzon myxine
Walbaum, 1792
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 3 Jul 2012.
Synonymous name
:
Gasterobranchus glutinosus
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Ref:
Species 2000, 2003
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
slijmprik
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
Atlantic hagfish
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