Pseudovermidae
Encyclopedia
Pseudovermidae is a taxonomic family
of minute sea slug
s, specifically aolid nudibranch
s, marine
gastropod mollusk or micromollusk
s.
This family has no subfamilies.
These extremely small sea slugs are meiofauna; they live among sand grains.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of minute sea slug
Sea slug
Sea slug is a common name used for several different groups of saltwater snails that either lack a shell or have only an internal shell, in other words this name is used for various lineages of marine gastropod mollusks that are either not conchiferous or appear not to be.The phrase "sea slug" is...
s, specifically aolid nudibranch
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusk or micromollusk
Micromollusk
A micromollusk is a descriptive term for a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also reach adult size at very small...
s.
This family has no subfamilies.
These extremely small sea slugs are meiofauna; they live among sand grains.
Genera and species
Genera and species within the family Pseudovermidae include:- PseudovermisPseudovermisPseudovermis is genus of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pseudovermidae.These extremely small sea slugs are meiofauna; they live among sand grains.-References:*...
Periaslavzeff, 1891 - type genus of the family Pseudovermidae- Pseudovermis boadeni Salvini-Plawen & Sterrer, 1868
- Pseudovermis chinensis Hughes, 1991
- Pseudovermis hancockiPseudovermis hancockiPseudovermis hancocki is species of minute sea slug, specifically an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pseudovermidae.These extremely small sea slugs are meiofauna; they live among sand grains.-References:...
Challis, 1969 - Pseudovermis papillifera Kowalevsky, 1901