hagfishAbout 64 species are known, in 5 genera. A number of the species have only been recently discovered, living at depths of several hundred metres. Some of the species are listed here:
Pacific hagfish resting on bottom280 m down off Oregon coast
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Myxini
Order: Myxiniformes
Family: Myxinidae
Genera: Eptatretus, Myxine, Nemamyxine, Neomyxine, Notomyxine, Paramyxine, Quadratus
A hagfish is a marine chordate of the class Myxini, also known as Hyperotreti. Despite their name, there is some debate about whether they are strictly fish (as there is for lampreys), since they belong to a much more primitive lineage than any other group that is commonly defined fish (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes).
Agnatha
Fossil range: Early Cambrian - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Agnatha
Groups
Myxini (hagfish)
Hyperoartia: Petromyzontidae (lampreys)
Pteraspidomorphi
Thelodonti
Anaspida
Cephalaspidomorphi: Galeaspida, Pituriaspida, Osteostraci
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