Epimenia is a genus of cavibelonian solenogasters, a kind of shell-less, worm-like mollusks.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