Eptatretus luzonicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myxiniformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Hyperotreti Classis: Myxini Ordo: Myxiniformes

Familia: Myxinidae
Subfamilia: Eptatretinae
Genus: Eptatretus
Species: Eptatretus luzonicus

Name

Eptatretus luzonicus Fernholm et al., (in press)

Holotype (unique): USNM 207761 (apparently lost).

Type locality: Off Batag Island, 5.1 miles off Atalaya Pt., east of the southern end of Luzon Island, Philippines, 12°43'51"N, 124°58'50"E, depth 563 meters.

Synonyms

Eptatretus fernholmi McMillan & Wisner, 1999

References

Fernholm, B., Norén, M., Kullander, S.O., Quattrini, A.M., Zintzen, V., Roberts, C.D., Mok, H.-K. & Kuo, C.-H. 2013. Hagfish phylogeny and taxonomy, with description of the new genus Rubicundus (Craniata, Myxinidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 51(4): 296–307. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12035
McMillan, C.B. & Wisner, R.L. 2004. Review of the hagfishes (Myxinidae, Myxiniformes) of the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with descriptions of three new species, Eptatretus fernholmi, Paramyxine moki, and P. walkeri. Zoological Studies 43(1): 51–73.

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