Sleepmarken

sleepmarken

1. (uncommon) A hagfish, an eel-like marine fish, Myxine glutinosa.
• 9 October, 1762, Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Letter addressed to Carl Linnaeus, 3. Myxine glutinosa or "pirÃ¥l" in Norwegian, which Gunnerus has dissected himself, and where he had clearly observed the difference between the sexes. article published by Gunnerus was, "Om sleep-marken".
• December 19, 2011, Jancuk Jaran, Hagfish, Linné discussed the strange “lamprey” with Norwegian Bishop and naturalist Johan Ernst Gunnerus and they both classified it as a worm. In 1763, Gunnerus wrote about the creature and he then referred to it as a Sleep-Marken.