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Myxiniformes (hagfish)

Myxini

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Hyperotreta Jordan p. 582
1991Myxiniformes Bardack p. 701
2001Hyperotreti Poplin et al. p. 347
2002Myxiniformes Sepkoski
2003Myxiniformes Meyer and Zardoya
2003Hyperotreti Takezaki et al. p. 287
2011Myxiniformes Long p. 241
2016Myxiniformes Nelson et al. p. 20
2019Myxiniformes Van Der Laan p. 15

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Or. Myxiniformes [hagfish]
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G. Anopsus Rafinesque 1815
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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
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G. Rubicundus Fernholm
G. †Myxinikela Bardack 1991
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Myxinikela siroka Bardack 1991
Invalid names: Hyperotreti [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available