Pseudovermidae

Pseudovermidae
Habitus of Pseudovermis paradoxus (j), its lateral teeth (k), and egg mass (l)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Superfamily: Cumanotoidea
Family: Pseudovermidae
Thiele, 1931
Type genus
Pseudovermis
Periaslavzeff, 1891
Genera

See Genera

Pseudovermidae is a taxonomic family of minute nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs, within the superfamily Cumanotoidea. These extremely small sea slugs are meiofauna, living among sand grains.

Genera

According to Korshunova and colleagues (2025), the following genera are recognised in the family Pseudovermidae:

References

  1. ↑ Thiele J. (1931) Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde, 1(2): 453.
  2. ↑ Pseudovermidae Thiele, 1931. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (2025-08-01). "The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082.
  4. ↑ Powell A. W. B. (1979) New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  5. ↑ "Pseudovermidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.