''Epimenia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
cavibelonia
The Cavibelonia are one of the four orders of solenogaster, a kind of shell-less, worm-like mollusk.
This order is not monophyletic and is no longer accepted.
Previous families
* Acanthomeniidae
Acanthomeniidae is a family of solenogaster, ...
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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 ...
s, 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 ...
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[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epimenia Nierstrasz, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=298341 on 2021-04-15]
During the development of species in this genus, the sclerites start out as solid tips, then a hollow stalk develops that is subsequently infilled.
Species
* ''
Epimenia allohaemata'' Salvini-Plawen, 1997
* ''
Epimenia arabica''
Salvini-Plawen & Benayahu, 1991
* ''
Epimenia australis''
(Thiele, 1897)
* ''
Epimenia babai''
Salvini-Plawen, 1997
* ''
Epimenia indica''
Salvini-Plawen, 1978
* ''
Epimenia ohshimai''
Baba, 1940
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Epimenia verrucosa''
(Nierstrasz, 1902): synonym of ''Epimenia babai''
Salvini-Plawen, 1997
* ''Epimenia vixinsignis''
Salvini-Plawen, 1978: synonym of ''
Epiherpia vixinsignis''
(Salvini-Plawen, 1978)
References
* Nierstrasz, H. 1908. The Solenogastres of Discovery-Expedition. Nation. Antarctic Exped. 1901–1904, Natur. Hist., 4:38–46
External links
*
Salvini-plawen, L. V. (1997). Systematic revision of the Epimeniidae (Mollusca: Solenogastres). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 63(2): 131–155
Solenogastres
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