Eopilidion, Kajihara & Abukawa & Chernyshev, 2022

Kajihara, Hiroshi, Abukawa, Shushi & Chernyshev, Alexei V., 2022, Exploring the basal topology of the heteronemertean tree of life: establishment of a new family, along with turbotaxonomy of Valenciniidae (Nemertea: Pilidiophora: Heteronemertea), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196, pp. 503-548 : 516

GENUS EOPILIDION GEN. NOV.

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Type species: Eopilidion misakiense sp. nov., fixed by original designation.

Diagnosis: At the moment, the same as for the family.

Etymology: The new genus name is neuter in gender, from the Greek ἠώς (eos, ‘dawn’) and πιλίδιον (pilidion, ‘small hat’).