A new species of hagfish Eptatretus rubicundus (Myxinidae: Myxiniformes) from Taiwan, with reference to its phylogenetic position based on its mitochondrial DNA sequence

Zoological Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 855-864

  Kuo, Chien Hsien ^a   Lee, Sin Che ^b   Mok, Hin Kiu ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Eptatretus rubicundus sp. nov.; Myxinidae; Phylogeny; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EPTATRETINAE; EPTATRETUS; HAGFISH; MYXINIDAE; MYXINIFORMES; PARAMYXINE; QUADRATUS; RUBICUNDUS;

EID: 78649429142     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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