Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Aplacophora
Subclassis: Solenogastres
Ordo: Cavibelonia
Familia: Epimeniidae
Genus: Epimenia
Species: E. allohaemata – E. arabica – E. australis – E. babai – E. indica – E. oshimai
Name
Epimenia Nierstrasz, 1908
Epimenia is a genus of cavibelonian solenogasters, a kind of shell-less, worm-like mollusks.[1] [2]
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)
References
García-Álvarez, Óscar; v. Salvini-Plawen, Luitfried (2007). "Species and diagnosis of the Families and Genera of Solenogastres (Mollusca)" (PDF). Iberus. 25 (2): 73–143. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011.
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
Okusu, A. (2002). "Embryogenesis and development of Epimenia babai (Mollusca: Neomeniomorpha)". The Biological Bulletin. 203 (1): 87–103. doi:10.2307/1543461. JSTOR 1543461. PMID 12200259.
Nierstrasz, H. 1908. The Solenogastres of Discovery-Expedition. Nation. Antarctic Exped. 1901-1904, Natur. Hist., 4:38-46
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