Hagfish - Wikipedia
Hagfish, of the class Myxini / m ɪ k ˈ s aɪ n aɪ / (also known as Hyperotreti) and order Myxiniformes / m ɪ k ˈ s ɪ n ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /, are eel-shaped jawless fish (occasionally called slime eels). Hagfish are the only known living animals that have a skull but no vertebral column, although they do have rudimentary vertebrae. [3]
14 Fun Facts About Hagfish | Smithsonian
2012年10月17日 · Hagfish are widely considered the most disgusting animals in the ocean, if not on earth. The eel-shaped creatures use four pairs of thin sensory tentacles surrounding their mouths to find food ...
Hagfish | Primitive, Slime-Producing, Eel-Like | Britannica
2024年10月3日 · Hagfish, any of about 70 species of marine vertebrates placed with the lampreys in the superclass Agnatha. Although most classifications place all hagfishes in the family Myxinidae, they are sometimes divided into two families: Myxinidae, represented in every ocean, and Eptatretidae, represented.
The Ancient Back Story of the Slimiest Animal in the Sea
2024年1月16日 · Researchers found that the slime eel, or hagfish, known for deluging predators with mucus, tripled the size of its genome hundreds of millions of years ago.
7 Reasons Hagfish Are Amazing (#6: They Can Live in Dead Bodies)
2017年3月10日 · Being a spineless bottom-dweller might sound like an insult, but the hagfish has enough unique talents to put humans to shame. These long, eel-like fish have stellar defenses (blasting...
Hagfish Survive Attacks With Loose Skin and Lots of Slime
December 15, 2017. • 3 min read. What does it take to survive on Earth for 300 million years? The secret might just be the ability to ooze slime from your pores. The defense tactic has worked for...
Myxine glutinosa - Wikipedia
Myxine glutinosa, known as the Atlantic hagfish in North America, and often simply as the hagfish in Europe, is a species of jawless fish of the genus Myxine.