
This book provides an avenue of synergy between scientists interested in hagfish physiology, molecular and evolutionary biology, morphology, and protection. It compiles scientific information on hagfishes that builds on previous knowledge while encouraging further expansion...

With over 70 species still populating the world's oceans after approximately 500 million years, hagfishes are essential benthic organisms that play a vital role in understanding the evolutionary origins of vertebrate life and the maintenance of the oceanic ecosystem. Hagfish...