Nemamyxine elongata
Bootlace hagfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Superclass: | Agnatha |
Class: | Myxini |
Order: | Myxiniformes |
Family: | Myxinidae |
Genus: | Nemamyxine |
Species: | N. elongata |
Binomial name | |
Nemamyxine elongata L. R. Richardson, 1958 | |
Nemamyxine elongata also known as the bootlace hagfish is a species of hagfish in the genus Nemamyxine. The bootlace hagfish is a hermaphrodite, and both genders do not have a copulatory organ. This species attains a maximum size of 867 mm TL. N. elongata lives in Bay of Plenty and Canterbury Bight at depth of 132-140 m.[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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