Myxine glutinosa
Linnaeus, 1758 · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Myxine glutinosa's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 365 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System17 474 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI183 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics34 specimens↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Myxine glutinosa, known as the Atlantic hagfish in North America, and often simply as the hagfish in Europe, is a species of jawless fish of the genus Myxine.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology1
Habitat & environment2
Uses & economy1
Other traits3
Compounds documented for Myxine glutinosa across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile3 classes
Documented compounds11 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1R)-20,21,25-trimethoxy-8,23-dioxa-15,30-diazaheptacyclo[22.6.2.29,12.13,7.114,18.027,31.022,33]hexatriaconta-3(36),4,6,9(35),10,12(34),14,18,20,22(33),24,26,31-tridecaen-6-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R)-20,25-dimethoxy-8,23-dioxa-15,30-diazaheptacyclo[22.6.2.29,12.13,7.114,18.027,31.022,33]hexatriaconta-3(36),4,6,9(35),10,12(34),14,18,20,22(33),24,26,31-tridecaene-6,21-diol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,14S)-20,21,25-trimethoxy-15-methyl-8,23-dioxa-15,30-diazaheptacyclo[22.6.2.29,12.13,7.114,18.027,31.022,33]hexatriaconta-3(36),4,6,9(35),10,12(34),18,20,22(33),24,26,31-dodecaen-6-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,14S)-6,20,21,25-tetramethoxy-15,30-dimethyl-23-oxa-15,30-diazaheptacyclo[22.6.2.13,7.18,12.114,18.027,31.022,33]pentatriaconta-3(35),4,6,8,10,12(34),18,20,22(33),24,26,31-dodecaen-9-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,14S)-6,9,20,25-tetramethoxy-15,30-dimethyl-23-oxa-15,30-diazaheptacyclo[22.6.2.13,7.18,12.114,18.027,31.022,33]pentatriaconta-3(35),4,6,8,10,12(34),18,20,22(33),24,26,31-dodecaen-21-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,18S,33S)-20,25-dimethoxy-8,23-dioxa-15,30-diazaheptacyclo[22.6.2.29,12.13,7.114,18.027,31.022,33]hexatriaconta-3(36),4,6,9(35),10,12(34),14,19,21,24,26,31-dodecaene | present | NPASS | |
| 20,21,25-Trimethoxy-8,23-dioxa-15,30-diazaheptacyclo[22.6.2.29,12.13,7.114,18.027,31.022,33]hexatriaconta-1(30),3(36),4,6,9(35),10,12(34),14,18,20,22(33),24,26,31-tetradecaen-6-ol | present | NPASS | |
| 20,25-Dimethoxy-8,23-dioxa-15,30-diazaheptacyclo[22.6.2.29,12.13,7.114,18.027,31.022,33]hexatriaconta-1(30),3(36),4,6,9(35),10,12(34),14,18,20,22(33),24,26,31-tetradecaene-6,21-diol | present | NPASS | |
| 6,20,25-Trimethoxy-23-oxa-15,30-diazaheptacyclo[22.6.2.13,7.18,12.114,18.027,31.022,33]pentatriaconta-1(30),3(35),4,6,8,10,12(34),14,18,20,22(33),24,26,31-tetradecaene-9,21-diol | present | NPASS | |
| Oxoxylopine | present | NPASS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Myxine glutinosa has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
The complete instruction manual Myxine glutinosa carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type25 839 records
Origin
Range
Depth
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions17 of 40 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| The Atlantic reference Centrelocation not on record | 91 |
| Stockholm, SE | 79 |
| Copenhagen, DK | 41 |
| Cambridge, US | 36 |
| Bergen, NO | 34 |
| Washington, US | 30 |
| North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record | 29 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 27 |
| Norwegian Institute of Marine Researchlocation not on record | 24 |
| Zoologisches Museum Hamburglocation not on record | 20 |
| FishBaselocation not on record | 17 |
| Toronto, CA | 14 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 13 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 11 |
| Tromsø, NO | 11 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 9 |
| New Haven, US | 8 |
| 730location not on record | 6 |
| Nova Scotia Museumlocation not on record | 6 |
| 5 | |
| Paris, FR | 5 |
| CEFASlocation not on record | 5 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 4 |
| University of California San Diegolocation not on record | 4 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 3 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 3 |
| ICM-CSIClocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Alabamalocation not on record | 2 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 2 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 1 |
| AVGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Oregon State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM)location not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Montgomery, US | 1 |
| DASSHlocation not on record | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| Abilene Christian University Natural History Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Helsinki, FI | 1 |
| University of Texas Biodiversity Collections (UTBC)location not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Myxine glutinosa was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.