WoRMS name details
Planaria linearis Rathke, 1799
147039 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147039)
unaccepted (basionym)
Species
marine
Rathke, J. (1799). Jattagelser henhorende til Indvoldeormenes og Bloddyrenes Naturhistorie. [Observations relating to the natural history of intestinal worms and bloodsuckers.]. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 5 (1): 61-153, pl. 2-3. [details] 
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Planaria linearis Rathke, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147039 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Rathke, J. (1799). Jattagelser henhorende til Indvoldeormenes og Bloddyrenes Naturhistorie. [Observations relating to the natural history of intestinal worms and bloodsuckers.]. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 5 (1): 61-153, pl. 2-3. [details] 
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Kajihara, H. (2019). Resolving a 200-year-old taxonomic conundrum: neotype designation for <i>Cephalothrix linearis</i> (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea) based on a topotype from Bergen, Norway. <em>Fauna norvegica.</em> 39: 39–76., available online at https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v39i0.2734 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]

source of synonymy Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]