Pseudovermis is genus of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pseudovermidae.[2][3]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Genus: | Pseudovermis Perejaslavtseva, 1891[1]
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These extremely small sea slugs are meiofauna; they live among sand grains. Pseudovermis means fake worm, because these slugs resemble minute worms.
Species
editSpecies within the genus Pseudovermis include:
- Pseudovermis artabrensis Urgorri, Cobo & Besteiro, 1991
- Pseudovermis axi Marcus Ev. & Er., 1955
- Pseudovermis boadeni Salvini-Plawen & Sterrer, 1968
- Pseudovermis chinensis Hughes, 1991
- Pseudovermis hancocki Challis, 1969
- Pseudovermis indicus Salvini-Plawen & G.C. Rao, 1973
- Pseudovermis japonicus Hamatani & Nunomura, 1973
- Pseudovermis kowalewskyi Salvini-Plawen & Sterrer, 1968
- Pseudovermis mortoni Challis, 1969
- Pseudovermis papillifer Kowalewsky, 1901
- Pseudovermis paradoxus Perejaslavtseva, 1891
- Pseudovermis salamandrops Ev. Marcus, 1953
- Pseudovermis schultzi Marcus Ev. & Er., 1955
- Pseudovermis setensis Fize, 1961
- Pseudovermis soleatus Salvini-Plawen & G.C. Rao, 1973
- Pseudovermis thompsoni Salvini-Plawen, 1991
- Species brought into synonymy
- Pseudovermis papillifera Kowalevsky, 1901: synonym of Pseudovermis papillifer Kowalewsky, 1901
References
edit- ^ Perejaslavtseva S. (1891). [Additions to the fauna of the Black Sea](in Russian). Trudy Obschschestva Estestvoispytatelei pri Imperatorskom Kharkovskom Universitete, 25: 235-274
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Pseudovermis Périaslavzeff, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-03
- ^ 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
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