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Lineus Sowerby, 1806 
AphiaID: 122358

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Nemertea (Phylum) > Anopla (Class) > Heteronemertea (Subclass) > Lineidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Lineidae
Synonymised
taxa
  Ophiocephalus Blainville, 1828 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 152-156 (look up in IMIS[details]

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

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Subgenus Lineus (Gordius)
  » Species Lineus (Gordius) marinus accepted as Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Lineus acutifrons Southern, 1913
Species Lineus albifrons Coe, 1934
Species Lineus albocinctus Verrill, 1900
Species Lineus albonasus Verrill, 1900
Species Lineus alborostratus Takakura, 1898
Species Lineus alienus Bürger, 1895
Species Lineus anellatus
Species Lineus angulosus Korotkevich, 1978
Species Lineus arenicola (Verrill, 1873)
Species Lineus atradentis Korotkevich, 1978
Species Lineus atrocaeruleus (Schmarda, 1859)
Species Lineus auripunctatus (Grube, 1855)
Species Lineus aurostriatus (Bürger, 1890)
Species Lineus australis (Punnett, 1900)
Species Lineus autrani Joubin, 1905
Species Lineus bergendali Senz, 1996
Species Lineus bilineatus (Renier, 1804)
Species Lineus binigrilinearis Gibson, 1990
Species Lineus bioculatus Sundberg & Gibson, 1995
Species Lineus bipunctatus Takakura, 1898
Species Lineus bonaerensis Moretto, 1971
Species Lineus boutani (Joubin, 1893)
Species Lineus cancelli Iwata, 1954
Species Lineus capensis Wheeler, 1940
Species Lineus caputornatus Takakura, 1898
Species Lineus cinereus Punnett, 1903
Species Lineus cingulatus (Stimpson, 1855)
Species Lineus coccinus Bürger, 1892
Species Lineus collaris (Schmarda, 1859)
Species Lineus coloratus (Bürger, 1890)
Species Lineus copus Corrêa, 1958
Species Lineus crosslandi Punnett & Cooper, 1909
Species Lineus desori Schmidt, 1946
Species Lineus dohrnii (Hubrecht, 1879)
Species Lineus fischeri Senz, 1997
Species Lineus flammeus
Species Lineus flavescens Coe, 1904
Species Lineus frauenfeldi Senz, 1997
Species Lineus fulvus Iwata, 1954
Species Lineus fuscoviridis Takakura, 1898
Species Lineus galbanus (Bürger, 1890)
Species Lineus gesserensis (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Species Lineus gilbus Bürger, 1892
Species Lineus gilviceps Sundberg & Gibson, 1995
Species Lineus glaucus (Bürger, 1890)
Species Lineus grubei (Hubrecht, 1879)
Species Lineus hancocki Punnett & Cooper, 1909
Species Lineus hiatti Coe, 1947
Species Lineus hubrechti (Langerhans, 1880)
Species Lineus indicus Punnett & Cooper, 1909
Species Lineus insignis Senz, 1993
Species Lineus iota Joubin, 1902
Species Lineus islandicus Friedrich, 1958
Species Lineus kennelii Bürger, 1892
Species Lineus kolaensis Ushakov, 1928
Species Lineus kristinebergensis Gering, 1912
Species Lineus lacticapitatus Wheeler, 1940
Species Lineus linearis Montagu, 1808
Species Lineus lobianki Bürger, 1892
Species Lineus longifissus sensu Takakura, 1898
Species Lineus longifissus sensu Iwata, 1952
Species Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Lineus marisalbi Ushakov, 1926
Species Lineus mascarensis Punnett & Cooper, 1909
Species Lineus mcintoshii (Langerhans, 1880)
Species Lineus molochinus Bürger, 1892
Species Lineus monolineatus Staub, 1900
Species Lineus nigrobrunneus Bergendal, 1903
Species Lineus nigrofuscus (Stimpson, 1857)
Species Lineus nigrostriatus Iwata, 1954
Species Lineus nipponensis Senz, 2001
Species Lineus obscurus
Species Lineus oculatus
Species Lineus orientalis Punnett & Cooper, 1901
Species Lineus ornatus Wheeler, 1940
Species Lineus pallidus Verrill, 1879
Species Lineus parvulus Bürger, 1892
Species Lineus patulus Isler, 1900
Species Lineus pictifrons Coe, 1904
Species Lineus picus Corrêa, 1958
Species Lineus polyophthalmus (Schmarda, 1859)
Species Lineus pseudoruber (Friedrich, 1935)
Species Lineus psittacinus (Bürger, 1890)
Species Lineus quadratus Korotkevich, 1978
Species Lineus ramosus Isler, 1900
Species Lineus rovinjensis Senz, 1995
Species Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774)
Species Lineus rubescens Coe, 1904
Species Lineus rufocaudatus Bürger, 1892
Species Lineus sainthilairi Ushakov, 1926
Species Lineus scandinaviensis Punnett, 1903
Species Lineus schultzei Senz, 2001
Species Lineus sowerbyi Senz, 2001
Species Lineus spatiosus Iwata, 1954
Species Lineus stigmatus Coe, 1951
Species Lineus subcingulatus Takakura, 1898
Species Lineus torquatus Coe, 1901
Species Lineus trilobulatus Korotkevich, 1978
Species Lineus truncatus (Hubrecht, 1887)
Species Lineus turqueti Joubin, 1905
Species Lineus variegatus Chapuis, 1886
Species Lineus versicolor Bürger, 1892
Species Lineus viridis (Müller, 1774)
Species Lineus viridis Saint-Loup, 1886
Species Lineus vittatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Lineus viviparus Isler, 1900

Species Lineus callaris Korotkevich, 1978 (nomen nudum)
Species Lineus lancearius Korotkevich, 1978 (nomen nudum, No description (Gibson, 1995))
Species Lineus levinensis Korotkevich, 1978 (nomen nudum, No description (Gibson, 1995))
Species Lineus schmidti Korotkevich, 1978 (nomen nudum, No description (Gibson, 1995))

Subgenus Lineus (Cerebratulus) accepted as Cerebratulus Renier, 1804
  » Species Lineus (Cerebratulus) rubens accepted as Cerebratulus rubens Bürger, 1890
Species Lineus albolineatus accepted as Lineus bilineatus (Renier, 1804)
Species Lineus alborostlatus accepted as Lineus alborostratus Takakura, 1898
Species Lineus albovittatus accepted as Notospermus tricuspidatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Lineus albo-vittatus accepted as Notospermus tricuspidatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Lineus albus (Dalyell, 1853) accepted as Gordius albus accepted as Lineus lacteus (Rathke, 1843) accepted as Ramphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843
Species Lineus anas accepted as Notospermus geniculatus (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
Species Lineus angulatus accepted as Lineus angulosus Korotkevich, 1978
Species Lineus annulatus accepted as Tubulanus annulatus (Montagu, 1804)
Species Lineus arenicolus accepted as Lineus rovinjensis Senz, 1995
Species Lineus ater accepted as Dushia atra (Girard, 1851)
Species Lineus beattiaei (Gray, 1857) accepted as Cerebratulus marginatus Renier, 1804
Species Lineus bellus accepted as Micrura bella (Stimpson, 1857)
Species Lineus bicolor Verrill, 1892 accepted as Tenuilineus bicolor (Verrill, 1892)
Species Lineus bilineata accepted as Lineus bilineatus (Renier, 1804)
Species Lineus bivittatus accepted as Cerebratulus bivittatus Ulyanina, 1870
Species Lineus coccineus accepted as Lineus coccinus Bürger, 1892
Species Lineus coecus accepted as Paralineus elisabethae Schütz, 1911
Species Lineus communis accepted as Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799)
Species Lineus corrugatus sensu Stephenson et al., 1937 accepted as Lineus ornatus Wheeler, 1940
Species Lineus corrugatus accepted as Parborlasia corrugatus (McIntosh, 1876)
Species Lineus digueti accepted as Notospermus geniculatus (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
Species Lineus dohrni accepted as Lineus dohrnii (Hubrecht, 1879)
Species Lineus dubius accepted as Parvicirrus dubius (Verrill, 1879)
Species Lineus fasciatus accepted as Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Lineus geniculatus accepted as Notospermus geniculatus (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
Species Lineus genserensis accepted as Lineus viridis (Müller, 1774)
Species Lineus gilvus accepted as Lineus gilbus Bürger, 1892
Species Lineus glandulosa accepted as Chilineus glandulosa (Bürger, 1895)
Species Lineus gracilis accepted as Emplectonema gracile (Johnston, 1837)
Species Lineus gurjanovae Korotkevich, 1977 accepted as Poseidon viridis Müller, 1774
Species Lineus hanseni Joubin, 1910 accepted as Lineus corrugatus accepted as Parborlasia corrugatus (McIntosh, 1876)
Species Lineus hubrechtii accepted as Lineus hubrechti (Langerhans, 1880)
Species Lineus hubrecti accepted as Lineus hubrechti (Langerhans, 1880)
Species Lineus kenneli accepted as Lineus kennelii Bürger, 1892
Species Lineus lactea accepted as Ramphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843
Species Lineus lacteus (Rathke, 1843) accepted as Ramphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843
Species Lineus lineatus accepted as Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Lineus marinus accepted as Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Lineus maris-albi accepted as Lineus marisalbi Ushakov, 1926
Species Lineus mintoshii accepted as Lineus mcintoshii (Langerhans, 1880)
Species Lineus mitellatus accepted as Notospermus geniculatus (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
Species Lineus nigricans Bürger, 1893 accepted as Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799)
Species Lineus nigricnus accepted as Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799)
Species Lineus niveus Punnett, 1903 accepted as Cerebratulus niveus (Punnett, 1903)
Species Lineus piperatus accepted as Iwatanemertes piperata (Stimpson, 1855)
Species Lineus pseudo-lacteus accepted as Ramphogordius pseudolacteus (Gontcharoff, 1951)
Species Lineus purpureus accepted as Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774)
Species Lineus reseocephalus accepted as Antarctolineus scotti (Baylis, 1915)
Species Lineus roseocephalus accepted as Antarctolineus scotti (Baylis, 1915)
Species Lineus rubens accepted as Cerebratulus rubens Bürger, 1890
Species Lineus saint-hilairi accepted as Lineus sainthilairi Ushakov, 1926
Species Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) accepted as Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799)
Species Lineus schmardai Bürger, 1904 accepted as Myorhynchonemertes striata (Schmarda, 1859)
Species Lineus scotti accepted as Antarctolineus scotti (Baylis, 1915)
Species Lineus spirales Parfitt, 1867 accepted as Omatoplea spirales Parfitt, 1867
Species Lineus striatus accepted as Micrura verrilli Coe, 1901
Species Lineus torgiatus accepted as Lineus torquatus Coe, 1901
Species Lineus torguatus accepted as Lineus torquatus Coe, 1901
Species Lineus tricuspidatus accepted as Notospermus tricuspidatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Lineus uschakovi Korotkevich, 1977 accepted as Poseidon viridis Müller, 1774
Species Lineus vegetus Coe, 1931 accepted as Myoisophagos sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) accepted as Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799)
Species Lineus wilsoni accepted as Micrura wilsoni (Coe, 1904)
Environment marine
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122358
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  Citation: Gibson, R. (2013). Lineus Sowerby, 1806. In: Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R. (2013) World Nemertea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122358 on 2013-06-20
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