Epimenia

Epimenia
A preserved specimen of Epimenia verrucosa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Solenogastres
Family: Epimeniidae
Genus: Epimenia
Nierstrasz, 1908
Type species
Proneomenia australis Thiele, 1897

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.

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