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Hagfishes  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Common name for a family of eel-shaped jawless fishes (Myxinidae), the only family in the order MYXINIFORMES. They are not true vertebrates. Order of Craniata containing one family Myxinidae. They have a partial cranium (skull), but no vertebrae, and so they are not true vertebrates.

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Entry terms

  • Hagfish
  • txid7761
  • txid7762

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BK69Q7S8-2

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