In the present work, we examined the statoconia in the inner ear of the hagfish Paramyxine nelsoni intense to explore it auseful index in hagfish’s age determination. 本研究以纽氏副盲鳗为材料, 检视存在于其内耳的耳石是否可能成为为盲鳗定龄的依据。
Hagfish, the class Myxini (also known as Hyperotreti), are eel-shaped, slime-producing marine fish (occasionally called slime eels). They are the only known living animals that have a skull but no vertebral column. Along with lampreys, hagfish are jawless; they are the sister group to vertebrates, and living hagfish remain similar to hagfish from around 300 million years ago.
eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies