{{Short description|Genus of molluscs}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Epimenia verrucosa.jpg |image_caption = A preserved specimen of ''Epimenia verrucosa'' |taxon = Epimenia |authority = Nierstrasz, 1908 |type_species= ''Proneomenia australis'' <small>Thiele, 1897</small> }}
'''''Epimenia''''' is a genus of cavibelonian solenogasters, a kind of shell-less, worm-like mollusks.<ref>{{solenogastres taxonomy}}</ref><ref name="WoRMS">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</ref>
During the development of species in this genus, the sclerites start out as solid tips, then a hollow stalk develops that is subsequently infilled.<ref name="Okusu2002">{{Cite journal | last1 = Okusu | first1 = A. | title = Embryogenesis and development of ''Epimenia babai'' (Mollusca: Neomeniomorpha) | journal = The Biological Bulletin | volume = 203 | issue = 1 | pages = 87–103 | year = 2002 | pmid = 12200259 | doi=10.2307/1543461 | jstor = 1543461 | s2cid = 39411465 | url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/36017 }}</ref>
== Species == * ''Epimenia allohaemata'' Salvini-Plawen, 1997 * ''Epimenia arabica'' <small>Salvini-Plawen & Benayahu, 1991</small> * ''Epimenia australis'' <small>(Thiele, 1897)</small> * ''Epimenia babai'' <small>Salvini-Plawen, 1997</small> * ''Epimenia indica'' <small>Salvini-Plawen, 1978</small> * ''Epimenia ohshimai'' <small>Baba, 1940</small> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Epimenia verrucosa'' <small>(Nierstrasz, 1902)</small>: synonym of ''Epimenia babai'' <small>Salvini-Plawen, 1997</small> * ''Epimenia vixinsignis'' <small>Salvini-Plawen, 1978</small>: synonym of ''Epiherpia vixinsignis'' <small>(Salvini-Plawen, 1978)</small>
== References== {{Reflist}} * Nierstrasz, H. 1908. The Solenogastres of Discovery-Expedition. Nation. Antarctic Exped. 1901–1904, Natur. Hist., 4:38–46
== External links == {{Wikispecies}} * {{ITIS|id=205480|taxon=Epimenia|accessdate=}} * [https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/63.2.131 Salvini-plawen, L. V. (1997). Systematic revision of the Epimeniidae (Mollusca: Solenogastres). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 63(2): 131–155]
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Category:Solenogastres
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