Pseudovermis 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. Pseudovermis means fake worm, because these slugs resemble minute worms.
Species Species within the genus Pseudovermis include MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pseudovermis Perejaslavtzeva, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-05-31: Pseudovermis artabrensis Pseudovermis axi Pseudovermis boadeni Pseudovermis chinensis Pseudovermis hancocki Pseudovermis indicus Pseudovermis japonicus Pseudovermis mortoni Pseudovermis papillifer Pseudovermis paradoxus Pseudovermis salamandrops Pseudovermis schultzi Pseudovermis soleatus
Species brought into synonymy Pseudovermis kowalewskyi : synonym of Pseudovermis paradoxus Pseudovermis papillifera : synonym of Pseudovermis papillifer Pseudovermis setensis : synonym of Pseudovermis paradoxus Pseudovermis thompsoni : synonym of Pseudovermis boadeni
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