Myxine Explained
Myxine is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek μυξῖνος (myxinos, "slimy"). It is the type genus of the class Myxini.[1]
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.[2]
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
- 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
- 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 (ghost hagfish)
- Myxine robinsora Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Wisner's Caribbean hagfish)
- Myxine sotoi Mincarone, 2001 (Brazilian hagfish)
Notes and References
- http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Myxine 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. 192. 2. 453–474. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa178. 0024-4082.
