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FROM the systematic and anatomical points of view, Myxinoids are well known1–4 ; but there are as yet only short notes about their living habits2,4,5. During the summer of 1959, I had the opportunity of examining living hagfishes at the Universitetets Biologiske Stasjo n Drøbak in the Oslofjord, Norway. I observed about 200 hagfishes living in aquaria and also freshly captured specimens.
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ADAM, H. Different Types of Body Movement in the Hagfish, Myxine glutinosa L.. Nature 188, 595–596 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188595a0
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