“Genus Epimenia Nierstrasz, 1908
Epimenia Nierstrasz, 1908. National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History. 4. Zoology: 11
TYPE SPECIES: Proneomenia australis Thiele, 1897.
With epidermal papillae. Mouth within common atrio-buccal cavity. Ventral foregut glandular organs with pre-radular outlet. Midgut without regular constrictions. With a pair of pharyngeal ganglia, buccal ganglia vestigial. Secondary genital opening unpaired. Without copulatory stylets. With dorsoterminal sense organ. Without respiratory organs.”
(García-Álvarez & Salvini-Plawen, 2007: 138)
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]
Epimenia is a genus of cavibelonian solenogasters, a kind of shell-less, worm-like mollusks.
During the development of species in this genus, the sclerites start out as solid tips, then a hollow stalk develops that is subsequently infilled.
