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Myxiniformes (hagfish)
Taxonomy
Myxiniformes is an order. It is extant.
It was assigned to Craniata by Bardack (1991); to Cephalaspidomorphi by Sepkoski (2002); to Vertebrata by Meyer and Zardoya (2003); to Myxini by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Myxini by Long (2011) and Van Der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Craniata by Bardack (1991); to Cephalaspidomorphi by Sepkoski (2002); to Vertebrata by Meyer and Zardoya (2003); to Myxini by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Myxini by Long (2011) and Van Der Laan (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1963 | Hyperotreta Jordan p. 582 |
1991 | Myxiniformes Bardack p. 701 |
2001 | Hyperotreti Poplin et al. p. 347 |
2002 | Myxiniformes Sepkoski |
2003 | Myxiniformes Meyer and Zardoya |
2003 | Hyperotreti Takezaki et al. p. 287 |
2011 | Myxiniformes Long p. 241 |
2016 | Myxiniformes Nelson et al. p. 20 |
2019 | Myxiniformes Van Der Laan p. 15 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Or. Myxiniformes [hagfish]
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Fm. Myxinidae
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G. Anopsus Rafinesque 1815
Subfm. Eptatretinae
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G. Eptatretus Cloquet 1819
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Invalid names: Bdellostoma Müller 1835 [synonym], Paramyxine Dean 1904 [synonym], Polistotrema Gill 1881 [synonym], Quadratus Thiergart and Frantz 1962 [synonym]
G. Heptatrema Duméril 1856
G. Hexabranchus Schultze 1835
G. Homea Fleming 1822
G. Muraenoblenna Lacépède 1803
Subfm. Myxininae
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G. Myxine Linnaeus 1758
G. Nemamyxine Richardson 1958
G. Notomyxine Nani and Gneri 1951
Invalid names: Hyperotreti [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available