Epiherpia
Appearance
Epiherpia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Solenogastres |
Family: | Epimeniidae |
Genus: | Epiherpia Salvini-Plawen, 1997[1] |
Species: | E. vixinsignis
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Binomial name | |
Epiherpia vixinsignis (Salvini-Plawen, 1978)
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Synonyms | |
Epimenia vixinsignis Salvini-Plawen, 1978 (type species) |
Epiherpia is a genus of solenogasters, shell-less, worm-like molluscs.[2] [3]
It contains only one known species, Epiherpia vixinsignis, which was originally classified as a species of Epimenia, with doubt, based on a single immature specimen.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Salvini-Plawen, Luitfried (1997). "Systematic revision of the Epimeniidae (Mollusca: Solenogastres)" (PDF). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 63 (2): 131–155. doi:10.1093/mollus/63.2.131.
- ^ García-Álvarez, Óscar; v. Salvini-Plawen, Luitfried (2007). "Species and diagnosis of the Families and Genera of Solenogastres (Mollusca)" (PDF). Iberus. 25 (2): 73–143. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epiherpia Salvini-Plawen, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340693 on 2021-04-15