Epimenia is a genus of cavibelonian solenogasters, a kind of shell-less, worm-like mollusks.[1][2]
| Epimenia | |
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| A preserved specimen of Epimenia verrucosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Solenogastres |
| Family: | Epimeniidae |
| Genus: | Epimenia Nierstrasz, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Proneomenia australis Thiele, 1897 | |
During the development of species in this genus, the sclerites start out as solid tips, then a hollow stalk develops that is subsequently infilled.[3]
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)
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