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Myxine jespersenae Møller, Feld, Poulsen, Thomsen & Thormar, 2005

Jespersen's hagfish
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Greenland country information

Common names: Jespersen's hagfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Sw and SE Greenland
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Main Ref: Møller, P.R., J.G. Nielsen, S.W. Knudsen, J.Y. Poulsen, K. Sünksen, O.A. Jørgensen and dupl, 2010
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Common names from other countries

Jesperseni pihklane, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Mixines (mixinos) (hagfishes) > Myxiniformes (Hagfishes) > Myxinidae (Hagfishes) > Myxininae
Etymology: Myxine: Ancient Greek word for a slimy fish: myxa, slime; -inus, one who, referring to copious amounts of slime produced by M. glutinosa. (See ETYFish);  jespersenae: In honor of biologist Åse Jespersen (b. 1955), University of Copenhagen, for her contributions to the reproductive biology of hagfishes. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 752 - 1556 m (Ref. 54824).   Deep-water

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