“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.
Epimenia is een geslacht van wormmollusken uit de familie van de Epimeniidae.
Epimenia is een geslacht van wormmollusken uit de familie van de Epimeniidae.
