Pseudovermis

Pseudovermis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Nudipleura ; clade Nudibranchia ; clade Dexiarchia ; clade Cladobranchia
Family:	Pseudovermidae
Genus:	Pseudovermis; Perejaslavtseva, 1891

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

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

Species

Species 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

^ 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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[1] Perejaslavtseva S. (1891). [Additions to the fauna of the Black Sea](in Russian). Trudy Obschschestva Estestvoispytatelei pri Imperatorskom Kharkovskom Universitete, 25: 235-274

[WoRMS-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

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