Myrophis Anterodorsalis
''Myrophis'' is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. Species There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: * ''Myrophis anterodorsalis'' John E. McCosker, McCosker, Eugenia Brandt Böhlke, E. B. Böhlke & James Erwin Böhlke, J. E. Böhlke, 1989 (longfin worm eel) * ''Myrophis lepturus'' Adolf Kotthaus, Kotthaus, 1968 * ''Myrophis microchir'' (Pieter Bleeker, Bleeker, 1864) (ordinary snake eel) * ''Myrophis platyrhynchus'' Charles Marcus Breder Jr., Breder, 1927 (Broadnose worm-eel) * ''Myrophis plumbeus'' (Edward Drinker Cope, Cope, 1871) (Leaden worm-eel) * ''Myrophis punctatus'' Christian Frederik Lütken, Lütken, 1852 (Speckled worm-eel) * ''Myrophis vafer'' David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan & Charles Henry Gilbert, C. H. Gilbert, 1883 (Pacific worm-eel) Former Species * ''Myrophis heterognathos'' (Bleeker, 1858) - valid as ''Gnathophis heterognathos'' References

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Christian Frederik Lütken
Christian Frederik Lütken (; 7 October 1827, in Sorø – 6 February 1901), was a Danish zoologist and naturalist. In 1852, he resigned his commission as a lieutenant with the Danish army, and earned his master's degree in sciences the following year.Darwinarkivet.dk
Christian Frederik Lütken (1827–1901) Afterwards, he served as an assistant to Japetus Steenstrup (1813–1897) at the University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum, at the time an independent institution, now part of the
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