Eptatretus wandoensis

Eptatretus wandoensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myxiniformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Agnatha Superclassis: Cyclostomi Classis: Myxini Ordo: Myxiniformes

Familia: Myxinidae
Subfamilia: Eptatretinae
Genus: Eptatretus
Species: Eptatretus wandoensis

Name

Eptatretus wandoensis Song & Kim, 2020

Holotype: PKU 62167, 292.0 mm TL, caught by fishing traps, 26 Jun 2018.

Type locality: Yeoseo-ri, Cheongsan-myeon, Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea, 33°59'56.5"N, 126°53'57.0"E, 60–80 m.

Paratypes:

• PKU 62169 (1 specimen), 202.0 mm TL, Yeoseo-ri, Cheongsan-myeon, Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea, 33°59'56.5"N, 126°53'57.0"E, fishing trap, 60–80 m, 12 May 2018;
• PKU 62171, PKU 62173, 275.0–290.0 mm TL, Yeoseo-ri, Cheongsan-myeon, Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea, 33°59'56.5"N, 126°53'57.0"E, fishing trap, 60–80 m, 26 Jun 2018.

ZooBank: 9C6CA8CC-BC42-48E2-87EE-47702CC46D49

References

Primary references

• Song, Y.S. & Kim, J-K. 2020. A new species of hagfish, Eptatretus wandoensis sp. nov. (Agnatha, Myxinidae), from the southwestern Sea of Korea. ZooKeys, 926: 81–94. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.926.48745 Reference page. 
  • [original description of Eptatretus wandoensis: p. 83–86]

Links

• Eptatretus wandoensis in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Eptatretus wandoensis – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Eptatretus wandoensis.
• ION
• Species-ID

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