Pseudovermis is genus of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pseudovermidae.[2][3]

Pseudovermis
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Pseudovermis

Perejaslavtseva, 1891[1]

These extremely small sea slugs are meiofauna; they live among sand grains. Pseudovermis means fake worm, because these slugs resemble minute worms.

Species

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Species within the genus Pseudovermis include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Pseudovermis papillifera Kowalevsky, 1901: synonym of Pseudovermis papillifer Kowalewsky, 1901

References

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  1. ^ Perejaslavtseva S. (1891). [Additions to the fauna of the Black Sea](in Russian). Trudy Obschschestva Estestvoispytatelei pri Imperatorskom Kharkovskom Universitete, 25: 235-274
  2. ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Pseudovermis Périaslavzeff, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-03
  3. ^ Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213