WoRMS taxon details
Lineus lacteus (Rathke, 1843)
148583 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148583)
accepted
Species
Borlasia lactea · unaccepted (synonym)
Gordius albus Dalyell, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gordius minor albus Dalyell, 1853 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (cited on p. 76 as "Gordius...)
cited on p. 76 as "Gordius (minor) albus
Lineus albus (Dalyell, 1853) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Lineus lactea · unaccepted (synonym)
Myoisophagos lacteus (Rathke, 1843) · unaccepted > superseded combination (synonym)
Nemertes lactea · unaccepted (synonym)
Ramphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843 · unaccepted
Rhamphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ramphogordius lacteus 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] 
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Lineus lacteus (Rathke, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148583 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ramphogordius lacteus 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]
original description (of Gordius albus Dalyell, 1853) Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951 [details]
basis of record 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
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original description (of Gordius albus Dalyell, 1853) Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951 [details]
basis of record 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
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taxonomy source
Ament-Velásquez, S. L.; Figuet, E.; Ballenghien, M.; Zattara, E. E.; Norenburg, J. L.; Fernández-Álvarez, F. A.; Bierne, J.; Bierne, N.; Galtier, N. (2016). Population genomics of sexual and asexual lineages in fissiparous ribbon worms (<i>Lineus</i>, Nemertea): hybridization, polyploidy and the Meselson effect. <em>Molecular Ecology.</em> 25(14): 3356–3369., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13717 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
[request]source of synonymy Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
Other
additional source
Senz, W. (1993). Nemertinen europäischer Küstenbereiche (Nebst erganzenden Angaben zur Anatomie von Apatronemertes albimaculosa Wilfert & Gibson 1974). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B Botanik und Zoologie., 94/95: 47-145, available online at http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_94_95B_0047-0145.pdf http://www.jstor.org/stable/41766887 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Classification Since Ament-Velásquez et al. 2016 Ramphogordius lacteus and R. sanguineus are now Lineus lacteus and L. sanguineus [details]
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes) (from synonym Ramphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Myoisophagos lacteus (Rathke, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Gordius albus Dalyell, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Nemertes lactea)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Lineus albus (Dalyell, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lineus lactea)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Rhamphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Borlasia lactea)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ramphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lineus lacteus)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Ramphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Ramphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843)
To PESI (from synonym Myoisophagos lacteus (Rathke, 1843))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ramphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Myoisophagos lacteus (Rathke, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Gordius albus Dalyell, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Nemertes lactea)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Lineus albus (Dalyell, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lineus lactea)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Rhamphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Borlasia lactea)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ramphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lineus lacteus)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Ramphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Ramphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843)
To PESI (from synonym Myoisophagos lacteus (Rathke, 1843))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ramphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843)
To ITIS
