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Myxinidae (Hagfishes) > Rubicundinae
Etymology: Rubicundus: Latin for red or ruddy, referring to reddish coloration of all species (See ETYFish); lopheliae: Of Lophelia, i.e., Lophelia pertusa, a deep-sea, cold-water, habitat-forming coral where holotype was collected and observed (See ETYFish).
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 382 - 700 m (Ref. 75169). Deep-water
Northwest Atlantic: USA.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.1 cm TL (female)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
This species is distinguished from its congeners by this set of characters: elongated tubular nostril; absence of nasal-sinus papillae; 5 pairs of gill pouches; 3-cusp multicusps in anterior and posterior row of teeth, but may vary to 4 cusps in the posterior row; total cusp count 38-41; prebranchial slime pores 19-21; total pores 88-89; triangular palatine tooth; body color pinkish-orange (Ref. 75169).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
This species is closely associated with the reef structure of the deep-sea reef building coral L. pertusa (Ref. 75169).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Fernholm, B. and A.M. Quattrini, 2008. A new species of hagfish (Myxinidae: Eptatretus) associated with deep-sea coral habitat in the Western North Atlantic. Copeia 2008(1):126-132. (Ref. 75169)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.8 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (24 of 100). 🛈 |