Galapagos Species Database

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Myxine martinii Mincarone, Plachetzki, McCord, Winegard, Fernholm, Gonzalez & Fudge, 2021

Pez bruja de Martini, Martini’s hagfish

Hagfishes are an ancient group of benthic marine craniates that are found in deep or cold waters around the world

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Myxini

Order
Myxiniformes

Family
Myxinidae

Genus
Myxine

Species
martinii

Taxon category: Accepted

Holotype: SIO 19-85COI, 16S, 381 mm, NW Fernandina Island, Cabo Douglas, 0°17’37.94” S, 91°39’18.10”W. Depth: 557 m, 6 June 2019, 09:51–12:40 h. Paratypes: SIO 19-80COI, 16S, 1 (361 mm) fide Mincarone, et. al. 2021.

Origin: Endemic

Status

Data deficient

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos Islands: Fernandina (Cabo Douglas)

References

  • Grove, J.S. Long, D.J., Robertson, D.R. & Victor, B.C. (2022) List of Fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 39, 14–22.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • IUCN (2024) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
  • IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
  • Mincarone, M.M. D Plachetzki, C L McCord, T M Winegard, B Fernholm, C J Gonzalez, D S Fudge (2021) Review of the hagfishes (Myxinidae) from the Galapagos Islands, with descriptions of four new species and their phylogenetic relationships Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlaa178

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