Epimenia
| Epimenia | |
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| A preserved specimen of Epimenia verrucosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Aplacophora |
| Subclass: | Solenogastres |
| Order: | Cavibelonia |
| Family: | Epimeniidae |
| Genus: | Epimenia Nierstrasz, 1908 |
Epimenia is a genus of cavibelonian solenogasters, a kind of shell-less, worm-like mollusks.[1] During the development of species in this genus, the sclerites start out as solid tips, then a hollow stalk develops that is subsequently infilled.[2]
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.
- ↑ Okusu, A. (2002). "Embryogenesis and development of Epimenia babai (Mollusca: Neomeniomorpha)". The Biological bulletin. 203 (1): 87–103. doi:10.2307/1543461. PMID 12200259.
External links
- "Epimenia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 2011. Check date values in:
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