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Lineus arenicola (Verrill, 1873) 
AphiaID: 155881

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Nemertea (Phylum) > Anopla (Class) > Heteronemertea (Subclass) > Lineidae (Family) > Lineus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lineus Sowerby, 1806
Synonymised
taxa		  Hecate arenicola (synonym)
 Tetrastemma arenicola (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Gosner, K.L. 1978. A field guide to the Atlantic seashore. The Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 329 p. [details]

basis of record: Miner, R. W. 1950. Field book of seashore life. G.P. Putnam & Sons. New York. 888 p. [details]

from synonym: Gibson, R. (2005) Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English sandy lineus  [details]
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Diet: generally for group, they are carnivorous; in some cases only the body juices are ingested but the whole prey may be taken in. feed on protozoans, other microfauna and at times prey their own size [details]

Dimensions: length up to 100 mm by 1.6 mm [details]

Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence to Chesapeake Bay [details]

Habitat: infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

remark: species fragment easily when handled [details]

Reproduction: sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155881
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-03 13:42:47Z  created  Gibson, Raymond
  
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  Citation: Gibson, R. (2013). Lineus arenicola (Verrill, 1873). 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=155881 on 2013-05-19
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