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Myxini
Myxini
Translingual
Proper noun
Myxini
- the hagfish
- A taxonomic class within the subphylum Hyperotreti.
- A taxonomic class within the infraphylum Agnatha.
Synonyms
- Hyperotreti
Hypernyms
- (class in Agnatha): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Agnatha - subphylum
Hyponyms
- (class): Myxiniformes - order; Myxinidae - family; Myxine - genus
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521