Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774) 
AphiaID: 122536

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Nemertea > Anopla > Heteronemertea > Lineidae > Lineus

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Lineus Sowerby, 1806
Sources		original description: Muller, O.F. 1773-1774. Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaecorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. pp. I-XXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniæ & Lipsiæ. (Heineck & Faber). [details] 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: Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. 1984. Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p.  [details] additional source: 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] additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details] additional source: Thomas, M.L.H. (ed.). 1983. Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64. 306 p. [details] additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] 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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Danish variabel slimbændel  [details] Dutch rode snoerworm  [details] English red ribbon worm  [details] French némerte rouge  [details] German rote Nemertine  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Cobscook Bay [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North East Atlantic [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details]
Feedingtypes		deposit feeder: subsurface [details] grazer [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 6 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122536
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Gibson, Raymond 2005-07-18 07:07:26Z   checked   Gibson, Raymond
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		Citation: Gibson, R. (2013). Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774). In: Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R. (2013) World Nemertea database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122536 on 2013-06-19
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