''Pseudovermis'' is

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sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails (marine gastropod mollusks) that over evolutionary ...

s, specifically aolid

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gastropod

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Pseudovermidae Pseudovermidae is a taxonomic family of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usua ...

.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011)
''Pseudovermis'' Périaslavzeff, 1891.
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-03Gofas, 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 These extremely small sea slugs are

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; 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 ''Pseudovermis'' is genus of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pseudovermidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011)''Pseudovermis'' Périaslavzeff, 1891.Accessed through: World Re ...

'' Hughes, 1991 * ''

Pseudovermis hancocki ''Pseudovermis hancocki'' is species of minute sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Pseudovermidae. These extremely small sea slugs are meiofauna Meiobenthos, also called meio ...

'' Challis, 1969 * ''

Pseudovermis indicus ''Pseudovermis'' is genus of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family (biology), family Pseudovermidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011)''Pseudovermis'' Périaslavzeff ...

'' Salvini-Plawen & G.C. Rao, 1973 * ''

Pseudovermis japonicus ''Pseudovermis'' is genus of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pseudovermidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011)''Pseudovermis'' Périaslavzeff, 1891.Accessed through: World Re ...

'' Hamatani & Nunomura, 1973 * ''

Pseudovermis kowalewskyi ''Pseudovermis'' is genus of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pseudovermidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011)''Pseudovermis'' Périaslavzeff, 1891.Accessed through: World Re ...

'' Salvini-Plawen & Sterrer, 1968 * ''

Pseudovermis mortoni ''Pseudovermis'' is genus of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pseudovermidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011)''Pseudovermis'' Périaslavzeff, 1891.Accessed through: World Re ...

'' Challis, 1969 * ''

Pseudovermis papillifer ''Pseudovermis'' is genus of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pseudovermidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011)''Pseudovermis'' Périaslavzeff, 1891.Accessed through: World Re ...

'' Kowalewsky, 1901 * ''

Pseudovermis paradoxus ''Pseudovermis'' is genus of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pseudovermidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011)''Pseudovermis'' Périaslavzeff, 1891.Accessed through: World Re ...

'' Perejaslavtseva, 1891 * ''

Pseudovermis salamandrops ''Pseudovermis'' is genus of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pseudovermidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011)''Pseudovermis'' Périaslavzeff, 1891.Accessed through: World Re ...

'' Ev. Marcus, 1953 * ''

Pseudovermis schultzi ''Pseudovermis'' is genus of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family (biology), family Pseudovermidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011)''Pseudovermis'' Périaslavzeff ...

'' 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

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