''Kruppomenia'' 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
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,
marine 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. Kruppomenia Nierstrasz, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340694 on 2021-04-13]
One species is 2.5 mm long.
Species
* ''
Kruppomenia angolensis''
Gil-Mansilla, García-Álvarez & Urgorri, 2012
* ''
Kruppomenia borealis''
Odhner, 1920
* ''
Kruppomenia bulla''
Zamarro, García-Álvarez & Urgorri, 2015
* ''
Kruppomenia delta''
Scheltema & Schander, 2000
* ''
Kruppomenia genslerae''
Ostermair, Brandt, Haszprunar, Jörger & Bergmeier, 2018
* ''
Kruppomenia glandulata''
Gil-Mansilla, García-Álvarez & Urgorri, 2012
* ''
Kruppomenia levis''
Scheltema & Schander, 2000
* ''
Kruppomenia macrodenticulata''
Gil-Mansilla, García-Álvarez & Urgorri, 2012
* ''
Kruppomenia macrodoryata''
Todt & Salvini-Plawen, 2003
* ''
Kruppomenia minima''
Nierstrasz, 1903
* ''
Kruppomenia nanodentata''
Todt & Salvini-Plawen, 2003
* ''
Kruppomenia rhynchota''
(Salvini-Plawen, 1978)
* ''
Kruppomenia vitucoi''
Zamarro & García-Álvarez, 2015
References
* Nierstrasz, H.F. 1903. Kruppomenia minima n. g. n. sp. S. Lo Bianco, Le pesche abissali del Mediterraneo. Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapal, 16:109-278
* García-Álvarez O. & Salvini-Plawen L.v. (2007). Species and diagnosis of the families and genera of Solenogastres (Mollusca). Iberus 25(2): 73-143
External links
Cobo, M. C.; Kocot, K. M. (2020). Micromenia amphiatlantica sp. nov.: First solenogaster (Mollusca, Aplacophora) with an amphi-Atlantic distribution and insight into abyssal solenogaster diversity. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 157: 103189
Simrothiellidae
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