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Lineus Sowerby, 1805

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122358  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122358)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nemertea (Phylum)
  4. Pilidiophora (Class)
  5. Heteronemertea (Order)
  6. Lineidae (Family)
  7. Lineus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770) (type by subsequent designation)
Lineus (Gordius) · unaccepted > junior homonym
Nemertes Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Poseidon Girard, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ramphogordius Rathke, 1843 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Lineus albocinctus Verrill, 1900
  2. Species Lineus albonasus Verrill, 1900
  3. Species Lineus alienus Bürger, 1895
  4. Species Lineus anellatus Monastero, 1930
  5. Species Lineus arenicola (Verrill, 1873)
  6. Species Lineus atrocaeruleus (Schmarda, 1859)
  7. Species Lineus auripunctatus (Grube, 1855)
  8. Species Lineus aurostriatus (Bürger, 1890)
  9. Species Lineus australis Punnett, 1900
  10. Species Lineus autrani Joubin, 1905
  11. Species Lineus bergendali Senz, 1996
  12. Species Lineus bicolor (Vernet, 1997) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
  13. Species Lineus binigrilinearis Gibson, 1990
  14. Species Lineus bioculatus Sundberg & Gibson, 1995
  15. Species Lineus bonaerensis Moretto, 1971
  16. Species Lineus boutani (Joubin, 1893)
  17. Species Lineus cancelli Iwata, 1954
  18. Species Lineus capensis Wheeler, 1940
  19. Species Lineus cinereus Punnett, 1903
  20. Species Lineus cingulatus (Stimpson, 1855)
  21. Species Lineus clandestinus Krämer, Schmidt, Podsiadlowski, Beckers, Horn & Von Döhren, 2016
  22. Species Lineus coccinus Bürger, 1892
  23. Species Lineus collaris (Schmarda, 1859)
  24. Species Lineus coloratus (Bürger, 1890)
  25. Species Lineus copus Corrêa, 1958
  26. Species Lineus crosslandi Punnett & Cooper, 1909
  27. Species Lineus dohrnii (Hubrecht, 1879)
  28. Species Lineus fischeri Senz, 1997
  29. Species Lineus flammeus Monastero, 1930
  30. Species Lineus flavescens Coe, 1904
  31. Species Lineus frauenfeldi Senz, 1997
  32. Species Lineus galbanus (Bürger, 1890)
  33. Species Lineus gesserensis (O.F. Müller, 1774)
  34. Species Lineus gilbus Bürger, 1892
  35. Species Lineus gilviceps Sundberg & Gibson, 1995
  36. Species Lineus glaucus (Bürger, 1890)
  37. Species Lineus grubei (Hubrecht, 1879)
  38. Species Lineus hancocki Punnett & Cooper, 1909
  39. Species Lineus hiatti Coe, 1947
  40. Species Lineus hubrechti (Langerhans, 1880)
  41. Species Lineus indicus Punnett & Cooper, 1909
  42. Species Lineus insignis Senz, 1993
  43. Species Lineus iota Joubin, 1902
  44. Species Lineus islandicus Friedrich, 1958
  45. Species Lineus kennelii Bürger, 1892
  46. Species Lineus kolaensis Ushakov, 1928
  47. Species Lineus kristinebergensis Gering, 1912
  48. Species Lineus lacteus (Rathke, 1843)
  49. Species Lineus lacticapitatus Wheeler, 1940
  50. Species Lineus lobianki Bürger, 1892
  51. Species Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)
  52. Species Lineus marisalbi Ushakov, 1926
  53. Species Lineus mascarensis Punnett & Cooper, 1909
  54. Species Lineus molochinus Bürger, 1892
  55. Species Lineus monolineatus Staub, 1900
  56. Species Lineus nigrobrunneus Bergendal, 1903
  57. Species Lineus nigrofuscus (Stimpson, 1857)
  58. Species Lineus nigrostriatus Iwata, 1954
  59. Species Lineus oculatus Montagu, 1808
  60. Species Lineus orientalis Punnett & Cooper, 1901
  61. Species Lineus ornatus Wheeler, 1940
  62. Species Lineus pallidus Verrill, 1879
  63. Species Lineus parvulus Bürger, 1892
  64. Species Lineus patulus Isler, 1900
  65. Species Lineus picus Corrêa, 1958
  66. Species Lineus polyophthalmus (Schmarda, 1859)
  67. Species Lineus pseudolacteus Gontcharoff, 1951
  68. Species Lineus pseudoruber (Friedrich, 1935)
  69. Species Lineus psittacinus (Bürger, 1890)
  70. Species Lineus ramosus Isler, 1900
  71. Species Lineus rovinjensis Senz, 1995
  72. Species Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774)
  73. Species Lineus rubescens Coe, 1904
  74. Species Lineus rufocaudatus Bürger, 1892
  75. Species Lineus sainthilairi Ushakov, 1926
  76. Species Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799)
  77. Species Lineus scandinaviensis Punnett, 1903
  78. Species Lineus schultzei Senz, 2001
  79. Species Lineus sowerbyi Senz, 2001
  80. Species Lineus spatiosus Iwata, 1954
  81. Species Lineus stigmatus Coe, 1951
  82. Species Lineus truncatus (Hubrecht, 1887)
  83. Species Lineus turqueti Joubin, 1905
  84. Species Lineus variegatus Chapuis, 1886
  85. Species Lineus versicolor Bürger, 1892
  86. Species Lineus viridis (Müller, 1774)
  87. Species Lineus vittatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  88. Species Lineus viviparus Isler, 1900
  89. Subgenus Lineus (Gordius) accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
    1. Species Lineus acutifrons Southern, 1913 accepted as Junoya acutifrons (Southern, 1913) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Lineus albifrons Coe, 1934 accepted as Bilucernus caputornatus (Takakura, 1898) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    3. Species Lineus alborostratus Takakura, 1898 accepted as Kulikovia alborostrata (Takakura, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    4. Species Lineus angulosus Korotkevich, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    5. Species Lineus atradentis Korotkevich, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    6. Species Lineus bilineatus (Renier, 1804) accepted as Siphonenteron bilineatum Renier in Menighini, 1847 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    7. Species Lineus bipunctatus Takakura, 1898 accepted as Bilucernus caputornatus (Takakura, 1898) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    8. Species Lineus caputornatus Takakura, 1898 accepted as Bilucernus caputornatus (Takakura, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    9. Species Lineus coccineus accepted as Lineus coccinus Bürger, 1892 (synonym)
    10. Species Lineus fuscoviridis Takakura, 1898 accepted as Notospermus fuscoviridis (Takakura, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    11. Species Lineus linearis Montagu, 1808 (unaccepted > unavailable name, MS name)
    12. Species Lineus longifissus sensu Takakura, 1898 accepted as Corsoua takakurai Hookabe & Kajihara, 2020 (unaccepted > misapplication)
    13. Species Lineus longifissus sensu Iwata, 1952 accepted as Corsoua takakurai Hookabe & Kajihara, 2020 (unaccepted > misapplication)
    14. Species Lineus obscurus (Desor, 1848) accepted as Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    15. Species Lineus pictifrons Coe, 1904 accepted as Bilucernus pictifrons (Coe, 1904) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    16. Species Lineus quadratus Korotkevich, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    17. Species Lineus subcingulatus Takakura, 1898 accepted as Bilucernus subcingulatus (Takakura, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    18. Species Lineus trilobulatus Korotkevich, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    19. Species Lineus desori Schmidt, 1946 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
    marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
    recent only
    Sowerby, J. (1805). The British miscellany; or, Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects : many not before ascertained to be inhabitants of the British Isles: and chiefly in the possession of the author, James Sowerby. R. Taylor & Co., London, No.2: 13-21, pls.5-8., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.41623
    page(s): 15 [details] OpenAccess publication
    Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Lineus Sowerby, 1805. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122358 on 2025-05-05
    Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Lineus Sowerby, 1805. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122358 on 2025-05-05
    Date
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    2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
    created
    Gibson, Raymond
    2020-01-24 19:39:27Z
    changed
    Norenburg, Jon
    2020-01-26 16:07:48Z
    changed
    Norenburg, Jon
    2024-10-28 02:19:23Z
    changed
    Kajihara, Hiroshi

    original description Sowerby, J. (1805). The British miscellany; or, Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects : many not before ascertained to be inhabitants of the British Isles: and chiefly in the possession of the author, James Sowerby. R. Taylor & Co., London, No.2: 13-21, pls.5-8., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.41623
    page(s): 15 [details] OpenAccess publication

    original description (of Ramphogordius Rathke, 1843) Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. [Contributions to the Fauna of Norway]. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn.</em> 20: 1-264., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613 [details] OpenAccess publication

    original description (of Poseidon 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
    page(s): 186 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

    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 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
    		 
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    To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lineus) 
    To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ramphogordius) (from synonym Ramphogordius Rathke, 1843)
    To Genbank (from synonym Ramphogordius Rathke, 1843)
    To Genbank 
    To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) 
    To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (60 records) 
    To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096339) 
    To ITIS
    From editor or global species database
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    To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096339)
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