Rubicundus rubicundus
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| Rubicundus rubicundus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Superclass: | Cyclostomi |
| Class: | Myxini |
| Order: | Myxiniformes |
| Family: | Myxinidae |
| Genus: | Rubicundus |
| Species: | R. rubicundus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rubicundus rubicundus (Kuo, Lee, and Mok, 1991) | |
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Rubicundus rubicundus is a species of hagfish in the genus Rubicundus.[1][2][3]
It has zero dorsal spines, zero dorsal soft rays, zero anal spines, and zero anal soft rays. The Branchial slime spores and the gill apertures are arranged in a straight line the distances from a branchial slime pore to its immediately preceding and posterior gill apertures similar, the ventral aorta isn't bifurcated. The body color is pink. it has 5 gill apertures.[1]
Etymology
The specific epithet is a combination of the Latin ruber (= red), and -cundus (= denoting continuance or augmentation). The name refers to the pink body color of the animal.