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'''Strickrott's hagfish''' is a [[hagfish]] of the genus ''[[Eptatretus]]'', found in the [[Pacific Ocean]] depths south of [[Easter Island]]. The hagfish was found in March 2005 by [[DSV Alvin|DSV ''Alvin'']] pilot Bruce Strickrott, and a year later was determined by scientists to be a new species.<ref>http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/new-hagfish-discovered CryptoMundo: New Hagfish Discovered</ref> It is the first hagfish recorded from a [[hydrothermal vent]].<ref>Møller, P.R. & W.J. Jones (2007). [http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/content/abstract/212/1/55 ''Eptatretus strickrotti'' n. sp. (Myxinidae): First Hagfish Captured From a Hydrothermal Vent]. ''Biol. Bull.'' '''212''': 55-66.</ref> |
'''''Eptatretus strickrotti''''', commonly known as '''Strickrott's hagfish''', is a [[hagfish]] of the genus ''[[Eptatretus]]'', found in the [[Pacific Ocean]] depths south of [[Easter Island]]. The hagfish was found in March 2005 by [[DSV Alvin|DSV ''Alvin'']] pilot Bruce Strickrott, and a year later was determined by scientists to be a new species.<ref>http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/new-hagfish-discovered CryptoMundo: New Hagfish Discovered</ref> It is the first hagfish recorded from a [[hydrothermal vent]].<ref>Møller, P.R. & W.J. Jones (2007). [http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/content/abstract/212/1/55 ''Eptatretus strickrotti'' n. sp. (Myxinidae): First Hagfish Captured From a Hydrothermal Vent]. ''Biol. Bull.'' '''212''': 55-66.</ref> |
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Eptatretus strickrotti, commonly known as Strickrott's hagfish, is a hagfish of the genus Eptatretus, found in the Pacific Ocean depths south of Easter Island. The hagfish was found in March 2005 by DSV Alvin pilot Bruce Strickrott, and a year later was determined by scientists to be a new species.[1] It is the first hagfish recorded from a hydrothermal vent.[2]
References
- ^ http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/new-hagfish-discovered CryptoMundo: New Hagfish Discovered
- ^ Møller, P.R. & W.J. Jones (2007). Eptatretus strickrotti n. sp. (Myxinidae): First Hagfish Captured From a Hydrothermal Vent. Biol. Bull. 212: 55-66.
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