''Alexandromenia'' is a
genus
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of
solenogaster
The Solenogastres (less often referred to as Neomeniomorpha), commonly known as solenogasters, are a class of small, worm-like, shell-less molluscs ( Aplacophora), the other class being the Caudofoveata ( Chaetodermomorpha).MolluscaBase eds. (20 ...
, a kind of shell-less, worm-like
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Alexandromenia Heath, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137644 on 2021-04-16]
It lives in
Benthic zone
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regions in tropical climates. It can be found in the Western Atlantic.
Species
* ''
Alexandromenia acuminata''
Salvini-Plawen, 1978
* ''
Alexandromenia agassizi''
Heath, 1911
* ''
Alexandromenia antartica''
Salvini-Plawen, 1978
* ''
Alexandromenia avempacensis''
Pedrouzo & Cobo, 2014
* ''
Alexandromenia crassa''
Odhner, 1920
* ''
Alexandromenia grimaldii''
Leloup, 1946
* ''
Alexandromenia gulaglandulata''
Salvini-Plawen, 2008
* ''
Alexandromenia heteroglandulata''
Salvini-Plawen & Schwabe, 2012
* ''
Alexandromenia latosoleata''
Salvini-Plawen, 1978
* ''
Alexandromenia marisjaponica''
Saito & Salvini-Plawen, 2014
* ''
Alexandromenia pilosa''
Handl & Salvini-Plawen, 2002
* ''
Alexandromenia valida''
Heath, 1911
References
* Heath H. (1911). Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, from August 1899 to June 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser. XVI. The Solenogastress. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 45: 1-182 pl. 1-40
* Salvini-Plawen L v. (1978). Antarktische und subantarktische Solenogastres (eine Monographie: 1898-1974). Zoologica (Stuttgart) 128: 1-305.
* García-Álvarez O., Salvini-Plawen L.v., Urgorri V. & Troncoso J.S. (2014). Mollusca. Solenogastres, Caudofoveata, Monoplacophora. Fauna Iberica. 38: 1-294.
Solenogastres
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