Neomyxine
| Neomyxine | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Myxini |
| Order: | Myxiniformes |
| Family: | Myxinidae |
| Subfamily: | Myxininae |
| Genus: | Neomyxine L. R. Richardson & Jowett, 1951 |
| Type species | |
| Neomyxine biniplicata Richardson 1953
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Neomyxine is a genus of hagfish found in the Pacific Ocean around New Zealand.
Species
[edit]Two species in this genus are recognized:
- Neomyxine biniplicata (L. R. Richardson & Jowett, 1951) (slender hagfish)
- Neomyxine caesiovitta A. L. Stewart & Zintzen, 2015 (blueband hagfish) [1]
References
[edit]- ^ Zintzen, V., Roberts, C.D., Shepherd, L., Stewart, A.L., Struthers, C.D., Anderson, M.J., McVeagh, M., Noren, M. & Fernholm, B. (2015): Review and phylogeny of the New Zealand hagfishes (Myxiniformes: Myxinidae), with a description of three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 174 (2): 363–393.
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