Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Myxini - (Order) Myxiniformes - (Family) Myxinidae

Original position

Intestina (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Myxininae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Original entries

Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Myxininae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 23; ECoF(9 Apr 2025).

Alternative positions

Intestina (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1080.
Myxinidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 358.

Historical positions

Myxininae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 23.
Myxinidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 358.
Myxinidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: 2000
Myxininae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: [2449]. [validity questionable]
Myxinidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche & L. Fuiman, 1982: 831.
Myxiniformes (Order)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Myxininae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1974: 531.
Hyperotreta (Class)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 450. [rough position]
Intestina (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1072, 1080.
Intestina (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 644, 650. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	21s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[21s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[22s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[22s]
2004-2016	W.N. Eschmeyer: 2 Oct 2012	[21s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[1s]