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Eptatretus

Eptatretus
Pacific hagfish Myxine.jpg
Eptatretus stoutii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Myxini
Order: Myxiniformes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Eptatretus
Cloquet, 1819
Type species
Gastrobranche dombey
Lacepède, 1798
Synonyms
  • Bdellostoma Mueller 1835
  • Dodecatrema Fowler 1947
  • Myxine (Heptatrema) Voigt 1832
  • Heptatrema Dumeril 1832 ex Voigt 1832
  • Petromyzon (Heptatremus) Swainson 1839
  • Heterotrema Girard 1855 non Fiedler 1889
  • Hexabranchus Schultze 1836 non Ehrenberg 1831
  • Hexatrema Girard, 1855
  • Homea Fleming 1822
  • Polistotrema Gill ex Jordan & Gilbert 1881
  • Polytrema Girard, 1855 non Rafinesque 1819 non Ferussac 1822 non D’Orbigny 1850 non Risso 1826 non Hickson 1911 non Clarke 1908
  • Paramyxine Dean 1904
  • Quadratus Wisner 1999 non Thiergart & Frantz 1962
  • Heptatretus Regan 1912
  • Diporobranchia Latreille 1825

Eptatretus is a large genus of hagfish.

There are currently 48 recognized species in this genus:



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