# Pseudovermis

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| image = Pseudovermis - Nudibranchs (10.1371-journal.pone.0227173) Figure 2 (cropped).png
| image_caption = Habitus of ''[Pseudovermis paradoxus](/source/Pseudovermis_paradoxus)'' (j), its lateral teeth (k), and egg mass (l)
| taxon = Pseudovermis
| authority = Perejaslavtseva, 1891<ref>Perejaslavtseva S. (1891). [Additions to the fauna of the Black Sea](in Russian). Trudy Obschschestva Estestvoispytatelei pri Imperatorskom Kharkovskom Universitete, 25: 235-274</ref>
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'''''Pseudovermis''''' is [genus](/source/genus) of minute [sea slug](/source/sea_slug)s, specifically aolid [nudibranch](/source/nudibranch)s, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s or [micromollusk](/source/micromollusk)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Pseudovermidae](/source/Pseudovermidae).<ref name="WoRMS"/>
These extremely small sea slugs are [meiofauna](/source/meiofauna); they live among sand grains. ''Pseudovermis'' means fake worm, because these slugs resemble minute worms.

==Species==
Species within the genus ''Pseudovermis'' include <ref name=WoRMS>MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. [https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138395 ''Pseudovermis'' Perejaslavtzeva, 1891.] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-05-31</ref>:
* ''[Pseudovermis artabrensis](/source/Pseudovermis_artabrensis)'' {{small|Urgorri, Cobo & Besteiro, 1991}}
* ''[Pseudovermis axi](/source/Pseudovermis_axi)'' {{small|Marcus Ev. & Er., 1955}}
* ''[Pseudovermis boadeni](/source/Pseudovermis_boadeni)'' {{small|Salvini-Plawen & Sterrer, 1968}}
* ''[Pseudovermis chinensis](/source/Pseudovermis_chinensis)'' {{small|Hughes, 1991}}
* ''[Pseudovermis hancocki](/source/Pseudovermis_hancocki)'' {{small|Challis, 1969}}
* ''[Pseudovermis indicus](/source/Pseudovermis_indicus)'' {{small|Salvini-Plawen & G.C. Rao, 1973}}
* ''[Pseudovermis japonicus](/source/Pseudovermis_japonicus)'' {{small|Hamatani & Nunomura, 1973}}
* ''[Pseudovermis mortoni](/source/Pseudovermis_mortoni)'' {{small|Challis, 1969}}
* ''[Pseudovermis papillifer](/source/Pseudovermis_papillifer)'' {{small|Kowalewsky, 1901}}
* ''[Pseudovermis paradoxus](/source/Pseudovermis_paradoxus)'' {{small|Perejaslavtseva, 1891}}
* ''[Pseudovermis salamandrops](/source/Pseudovermis_salamandrops)'' {{small|Ev. Marcus, 1953}}
* ''[Pseudovermis schultzi](/source/Pseudovermis_schultzi)'' {{small|Marcus Ev. & Er., 1955}}
* ''[Pseudovermis soleatus](/source/Pseudovermis_soleatus)'' {{small|Salvini-Plawen & G.C. Rao, 1973}}

;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Pseudovermis kowalewskyi'' {{small|Salvini-Plawen & Sterrer, 1968}}: synonym of ''[Pseudovermis paradoxus](/source/Pseudovermis_paradoxus)'' {{small|Perejaslavtseva, 1891 }}
* ''Pseudovermis papillifera'' {{small|Kowalevsky, 1901}}: synonym of ''[Pseudovermis papillifer](/source/Pseudovermis_papillifer)'' {{small|Kowalewsky, 1901}}
* ''Pseudovermis setensis'' {{small|Fize, 1961}}: synonym of ''[Pseudovermis paradoxus](/source/Pseudovermis_paradoxus)'' {{small|Perejaslavtseva, 1891 }}
* ''Pseudovermis thompsoni'' {{small|Salvini-Plawen, 1991}}: synonym of ''[Pseudovermis boadeni](/source/Pseudovermis_boadeni)'' {{small|Salvini-Plawen & Sterrer, 1968 }}

==References==
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