WoRMS name details
Lineus geniculatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822)
177455 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:177455)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Polia geniculata Delle Chiaje, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Polia geniculata Delle Chiaje, 1822) Delle Chiaje, Stefano. (1822 [1830]). Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40484#5
page(s): Figs. XLIII:10?; LXXVIII: 4, 8; note: Figures only in 1822 [details]
page(s): Figs. XLIII:10?; LXXVIII: 4, 8; note: Figures only in 1822 [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2026). World Nemertea Database. Lineus geniculatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=177455 on 2026-05-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polia geniculata Delle Chiaje, 1822) Delle Chiaje, Stefano. (1822 [1830]). Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40484#5
page(s): Figs. XLIII:10?; LXXVIII: 4, 8; note: Figures only in 1822 [details]
page(s): Figs. XLIII:10?; LXXVIII: 4, 8; note: Figures only in 1822 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
Other
additional source
Bürger, O. (1892). Zur Systematik der Nemertinenfauna des Golfs von Neapel. <em>Nachrichten von der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften und der Georg-Augusts-Universität zu Göttingen.</em> 5: 137–178., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN252457072_1892?tify=%7B%22pages%22%3A%5B145%5D%2C%22pan%22%3A%7B%22x%22%3A0.25%2C%22y%22%3A0.854%7D%2C%22view%22%3A%22export%22%2C%22zoom%22%3A0.471%7D
page(s): 157 [details]
page(s): 157 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ミサキヒモムシ | [details] |
