Black hagfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
Class: | Myxini |
Order: | Myxiniformes |
Family: | Myxinidae |
Genus: | Eptatretus |
Species: | E. deani
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Binomial name | |
Eptatretus deani | |
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Eptatretus deani, the black hagfish, is a species of hagfish.
Common to other species of hagfish, their unusual feeding habits and slime-producing capabilities have led members of the scientific and popular media to dub the hagfish as the most "disgusting" of all sea creatures.[3][4][5] Although hagfish are sometimes called "slime eels", they are not eels at all.[6]