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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: Neomyxine
Species: N. biniplicata
Name

Neomyxine Richardson, 1953

Type species: Myxine biniplicata Richardson & Jowett, 1951, by original designation

References
Primary references

Richardson, L.R. 1953: Neomyxine n.g. (Cyclostomata) based on Myxine biniplicata Richardson and Jowett 1951, and further data on the species. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 81(3): 379–383. Full text and PDF Reference page.

Neomyxine is a genus of hagfish found in the Pacific Ocean around New Zealand.
Species

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

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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