myxine

• Sustantivo científico que designa el género típico de la familia de los mixínidos, al que pertenecen los mixinos típicos, peces agnatos marinos conocidos por su aspecto anguiliforme y su producción de babas.

A scientific noun referring to the type genus of the Myxinidae family, which includes typical hagfishes.

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   A genus of jawless fish in the family Myxinidae, known as typical hagfishes, which are eel-like marine animals that produce slime.

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   • The Myxine genus includes several species of hagfish found in cold ocean waters.
   • Scientists study Myxine to understand the evolution of vertebrate immune systems.
   • Myxine glutinosa is the most well-known species of this genus.