Neomyxine

Neomyxine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Myxini
Order: Myxiniformes
Family: Myxinidae
Subfamily: Myxininae
Genus: Neomyxine
L. R. Richardson & Jowett, 1951
Type species
Neomyxine biniplicata
Richardson 1953

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

Species[edit]

Two species in this genus are recognized:

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.