Hagfishes

Myxiniformes

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Myxiniformes (Hagfishes) is an order of vertebrates. There are 82 species of Hagfishes, in 6 genera and 1 family. This order has been around since the bashkirian age.

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EOL has data for 5 attributes, including:

first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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bashkirian age
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Bashkirian
- Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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1

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of hagfishes. View this species on GBIF

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Hagfish Habitats

The environments in which many hagfishes species are known to live. Select an environment to see its hagfishes species checklist.

hagfishes Habitats

The environments in which many hagfishes species are known to live. Select an environment to see its hagfishes species checklist.

hagfishes includes 1 child:

Myxinidae (slime eels)