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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Superclassis: Cyclostomi
Classis: Myxini
Ordo: Myxiniformes
Familia: Myxinidae
Subfamilia: Myxininae
Genus: Myxine
Species: M. affinis - M. australis - M. capensis - M. circifrons - M. debueni M. dorsum - M. fernholmi - M. formosana - M. garmani - M. glutinosa - M. hubbsi - M. hubbsoides - M. ios - M. jespersenae - M. knappi - M. kuoi - M. limosa - M. mccoskeri - M. mcmillanae - M. paucidens - M. pequenoi -M. robinsorum - M. sotoi
Name
Myxine Linnaeus, 1758

Myxine glutinosa

Myxine glutinosa

Myxine /mɪkˈsaɪniː/ is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek μυξῖνος (myxinos, "slimy"). It is the type genus of the class Myxini.[3]

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.[4]
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 Mincarone, Plachetzki, McCord, Winegard, Fernholm, Gonzalez & Fudge, 2021
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 Mincarone, Plachetzki, McCord, Winegard, Fernholm, Gonzalez & Fudge, 2021
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 Mincarone, Plachetzki, McCord, Winegard, Fernholm, Gonzalez & Fudge, 2021 (ghost hagfish)
Myxine robinsora Wisner & C. B. McMillan, 1995 (Wisner's Caribbean hagfish)
Myxine sotoi Mincarone, 2001 (Brazilian hagfish)

References
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Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Petromyzontidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 192 (2): 453–474. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa178. ISSN 0024-4082.

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