WoRMS taxon details

Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774)

122536  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122536)

accepted
Species
Borlasia gesserensis · unaccepted (synonym (partim))
Borlasia purpurea · unaccepted (synonym)
Borlasia rufa · unaccepted (synonym)
Cerebratulus fuscescens · unaccepted (synonym)
Fasciola rubra Müller, 1774 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lineus gesserensis ruber · unaccepted (synonym)
Lineus purpureus · unaccepted (synonym)
Meckelia carnea Diesing, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Meckelia fusca (Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes communis Beneden, 1861 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Nemertes fusca (Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes fuscescens · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes gesserensis · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes obscura sensu Desor, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes octoculata (Johnston, 1828) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Nemertes olivacea Johnston, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes opaca · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes purpurea Johnston, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes rufa · unaccepted (synonym)
Notospermus gesserensis · unaccepted (synonym)
Notospermus viridis · unaccepted (synonym)
Planaria carnea Rathke, 1799 · unaccepted (synonym)
Planaria fusca Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted (synonym)
Planaria fuscescens Fabricius, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym, also Nemertes fuscescens)
Planaria gesserensis Müller, 1788 · unaccepted (synonym)
Planaria octoculata Johnston, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Polia gracilis Girard, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)
Polystemma carneum Müller, 1774 · unaccepted (synonym)
Poseidon colei Girard, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Fasciola rubra Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. <em>Havniæ et Lipsiæ.</em> Vol. 1, Pars Ima: 1-136 [1773]; Pars Altera: 1-72 + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig), Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Distribution Artic south to Cape Cod and east of Long Island Sound but see Identification note.  
Distribution Artic south to Cape Cod and east of Long Island Sound but see Identification note. [details]
Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R.; Herrera Bachiller, A.; Strand, M. (2024). World Nemertea Database. Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122536 on 2024-03-19
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2005-07-18 07:07:26Z
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2018-01-02 18:28:24Z
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original description  (of Fasciola rubra Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. <em>Havniæ et Lipsiæ.</em> Vol. 1, Pars Ima: 1-136 [1773]; Pars Altera: 1-72 + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig), Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Nemertes obscura sensu Desor, 1848) Desor, E. (1848). Embryologie von Nemertes. Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie, 511-526, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14026 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Poseidon colei Girard, 1852) Girard, C. (1852). Descriptions of two new genera and two species of Nemertes. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 4: 185-186 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Meckelia carnea Diesing, 1850) Diesing, C.M. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. 1-679. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Planaria gesserensis Müller, 1788) Müller, O.F. (1788). Zoologia Danica sev Animalivm Daniae et Norvegiae rariorvm ac minvs notorvm Descriptiones et Historia. <em>Volvmen Primvm Explicationi iconvm fascicvli primi.</em> Vol. 1 [1788]: i-v, 1-52, pls. 1-40; Vol. 2 [1788]: [1-3], 1-56, pls. 41-80; Vol. 3 [1789]: 1-71, pls. 81-120; Vol. 4 [1806]: [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160. Havniae [Copenhague], N. Möller [vol. 1-3], N. Chrstensen [vol. 4]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/49477 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Nemertes communis Beneden, 1861) Beneden, P.J. van. (1861). Recherches sur la Faune littorale de Belgique - Turbellariés. <em>Memoires de l'Academie royale des sciences de Belgique.</em> 32: 3–56. With 7 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32732165 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Nemertes octoculata (Johnston, 1828)) Keferstein, Wilhelm. (1862). Untersuchungen über niedere Seethiere. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 12(1): 1-147 plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44977773 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Nemertes olivacea Johnston, 1837) Johnston,G.; Sheby, P.J.; Jardine, W. (1837). Miscellanea Zoologica. <em>Magazine of zoology and botany.</em> pp: 530-538, plates 17-18. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Nemertes purpurea Johnston, 1837) Johnston,G.; Sheby, P.J.; Jardine, W. (1837). Miscellanea Zoologica. <em>Magazine of zoology and botany.</em> pp: 530-538, plates 17-18. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 152-156 (look up in IMIS[details]   

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

additional source Bromley, J.E.C. & J.S. Bleakney. (1985). Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. <em>National Research Council of Canada Report, Halifax, N.S.</em> 24119: 366 PP. [details]   

additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]   

additional source Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]   

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

additional source Cherneva, I. A.; Chernyshev, A. V.; Ekimova, I. A.; Polyakova, N. E.; Schepetov, D. M.; Turanov, S. V.; Neretina, T. V.; Chaban, E. M.; Malakhov, V. V. (2018). Species identity and genetic structure of nemerteans of the “Lineus ruber–viridis” complex (Muller, 1774) from Arctic waters. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 42(3): 497-506., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2438-7 [details]   

source of synonymy Bürger, O. (1904). Nemertini. Das Tierreich, 20: 1-151 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Krämer, D.; Schmidt, C.; Podsiadlowski, L.; Beckers, P.; Horn, L.; Von Döhren, J. (2016). Unravelling the Lineus ruber/viridis species complex (Nemertea, Heteronemertea). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12185
note: Most recent taxonomic treatment of complex, separating the two species and designating neotypes. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Distribution Artic south to Cape Cod and east of Long Island Sound but see Identification note. [details]

Habitat Infralittoral of the Gulf of St Lawrence? and estuary but see Identification note. Littoral in Gulf of Maine, Bay of Fundy south to Cape Cod. [details]

Identification In NW Atlantic, Lineus ruber and Lineus viridis are commonly confused, especially with larger, dark-colored specimens. Head is reddish in former, greenish (but with reddish brain) in latter. [details]

Synonymy Borlasia gesserensis (partim) = Lineus ruber
Gordius gesserensis (partim) = Lineus ruber
Gordius minor (partim) = Lineus ruber
Lineus gesserensis (partim) = Lineus ruber
Lineus obscurus (partim) may be synonym to Lineus ruber , but there still is some uncertainty about the genusname of the first mentionned species [details]
LanguageName 
Danish variabel slimbændel  [details]
Dutch rode snoerworm  [details]
English red ribbon wormred bootlace  [details]
French némerte rouge  [details]
German Roter Schnurwurmrote Nemertine  [details]