Lineus
creator: Gibson, Raymond
creator: Norenburg, Jon
creator: Kajihara, Hiroshi
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Lineus Sowerby, 1805
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2026). World Nemertea Database. Lineus Sowerby, 1805. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122358 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2024-10-28T03:19:23Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Lineus Sowerby, 1805
class: Pilidiophora
family: Lineidae
genus: Lineus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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.
name published in: Beneden, P. -J. van. (1861). Recherches sur la faune littorale de Belgique. Turbellariés. Memoires de l'Academie royale des sciences de Belgique. 32: 3–56, 7 pls.
name published in: Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes [entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]. In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes. vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris.
name published in: Friedrich, H. (1935). Studien zur Morphologie, Systematik und Ökologie der Nemertinen der Kieler Bucht. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Neue Folge. 4: 293–375.
name published in: Friedrich, H. (1960). Bemerkungen über de Gattung Micrura Ehrenburg 1831 und zur Klassifikation der Heteronemertinen nebst vorläufigem Bestimmungsschlüssel. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven, 7: 48-62
name published in: Girard, C. (1852). Descriptions of two new genera and two species of Nemertes. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 4: 185-186
name published in: Oken, L. (1815 - 1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. [Textbook of Natural History. Part Three: Zoology.]. Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813]. xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates].
name published in: Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. [Contributions to the Fauna of Norway]. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn. 20: 1-264.
name published in ID: bhl.title.41623
name published in year: 1805
name published in year: 1861
name published in year: 1828
name published in year: 1935
name published in year: 1960
name published in year: 1852
name published in year: 1815 - 1816
name published in year: 1843
order: Heteronemertea
parent name usage ID: 122314
phylum: Nemertea
scientific name authorship: Sowerby, 1805
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted