Myxine limosa is a species of hagfish, ancient jawless marine animals. They live on the ocean floor, feed on carrion and secrete a lot of mucus for protection.
Myxine limosa differs from related hagfishes by a greater number of slime pores and its habitat depth. It is important for nature because it cleans the seabed from the remains of dead animals.
homogamy, reproduction always with fertilization, no alternation of generations
Worker
scraping
birth time
Pelagic Ocean
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
days
marine pelagic
coral and rocky reef
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
Rasping or abrading food surfaces with teeth or mouthparts.
adult
Maturity
Coconut
invertebrates
About health
marine coastal
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
carrion
results
protection from predators
Colors
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
scavenging, eat already dead animals
Gremllins
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Uses an excavated underground tunnel or chamber for refuge or nesting.
all seas and oceans
Trophic type
all living animals without backbone
Filters
scavenger
Slime pores count
Upcoming birthdays
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
tongue
Age (from birth to death)
Wanderers
sea covered with ice or ice floes most of the year, very cold in winter
far from shore, deep water, large whales and sharks live here
Subpolar Sea
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
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Lifespan average
water is almost always cold, there may be ice in winter, not hot in summer
Regeneration
What do they look like?
Maturity
scavenging
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
Cold sea
Egg count
Slime glands count
from 0.5 to 0.8 kilograms, 0.5 – 1 meter
Pets
sea almost always under thick ice, very cold
{name} jubilee
cm
Old-timers
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turns
Rascals
Litter size
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
Actively searching habitats to locate food items.
Egg color
pelagic zone — open water far from shore and seabed
Where are they found?
all seas and oceans
all rivers and lakes
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
Bro
normal sexual
Taxons
if born as {name}
inhabit and develop in salty sea water
biotope of coral and rocky reefs
age
birth date
tearing
rest
Close
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
Marine world
The basics
My weight?
spawning ground - place of egg-laying in the sea; may be protected, provide shelter, spawning pit or other structure
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
Mouth size
primary food sources
teeth
burrow
Potential Habitat
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Mass
sea
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
Body size
Rips or shreds food using teeth, beak or claws.
{name} birthday
Nearctic realm
No results found
North America and Greenland, from tundra to forests
On the map
all life stages
Female ♀
Body color
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
birth year
Maturity
sq mm
yr
How similar?
seabed
penetration into the corpse and tearing tissues with rasping teeth
Male ♂
until the celebration
marine invertebrates
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Neither
from birth to adulthood
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
Marine world
Hard dental structures used to bite, tear, or scrape food.
Freshwater
dead fish
Duration
saline marine habitat
This is me
Gamers
How are they built?
marine
shallow near the shore, water rises and falls, crabs live here
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
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coastal marine zone — shelf, neritic zone
My age?
wk
My size?
Asexual
swap
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
celebrated their {n} birthday
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Littoral Zone
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
foraging
Polar Sea
dead fish
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Uses the tongue to locate, manipulate, or ingest food items.
embryo
Length
kg
egg-laying in seawater
Observations
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