MarBEF Data System


WoRMS taxon details

Lineus Sowerby, 1806

JPG file

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)
Cerebratula van Beneden, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Heterolineus Friedrich, 1935 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Ophiocephalus Blainville, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophyocephalus Chiaje, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ordering

  • Alphabetically
  • By status

Children Display

  1. Subgenus Lineus (Gordius)
    1. Species Lineus (Gordius) marinus accepted as Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770) (synonym)
  2. Species Lineus acutifrons Southern, 1913
  3. Species Lineus albifrons Coe, 1934
  4. Species Lineus albocinctus Verrill, 1900
  5. Species Lineus albonasus Verrill, 1900
  6. Species Lineus alienus Bürger, 1895
  7. Species Lineus anellatus Monastero, 1930
  8. Species Lineus angulosus Korotkevich, 1978
  9. Species Lineus arenicola (Verrill, 1873)
  10. Species Lineus atradentis Korotkevich, 1978
  11. Species Lineus atrocaeruleus (Schmarda, 1859)
  12. Species Lineus auripunctatus (Grube, 1855)
  13. Species Lineus aurostriatus (Bürger, 1890)
  14. Species Lineus australis (Punnett, 1900)
  15. Species Lineus autrani Joubin, 1905
  16. Species Lineus bergendali Senz, 1996
  17. Species Lineus binigrilinearis Gibson, 1990
  18. Species Lineus bioculatus Sundberg & Gibson, 1995
  19. Species Lineus bipunctatus Takakura, 1898
  20. Species Lineus bonaerensis Moretto, 1971
  21. Species Lineus boutani (Joubin, 1893)
  22. Species Lineus cancelli Iwata, 1954
  23. Species Lineus capensis Wheeler, 1940
  24. Species Lineus caputornatus Takakura, 1898
  25. Species Lineus cinereus Punnett, 1903
  26. Species Lineus cingulatus (Stimpson, 1855)
  27. Species Lineus clandestinus Krämer, Schmidt, Podsiadlowski, Beckers, Horn & Von Döhren, 2016
  28. Species Lineus coccinus Bürger, 1892
  29. Species Lineus collaris (Schmarda, 1859)
  30. Species Lineus coloratus (Bürger, 1890)
  31. Species Lineus copus Corrêa, 1958
  32. Species Lineus crosslandi Punnett & Cooper, 1909
  33. Species Lineus desori Schmidt, 1946
  34. Species Lineus dohrnii (Hubrecht, 1879)
  35. Species Lineus fischeri Senz, 1997
  36. Species Lineus flammeus Monastero, 1930
  37. Species Lineus flavescens Coe, 1904
  38. Species Lineus frauenfeldi Senz, 1997
  39. Species Lineus fuscoviridis Takakura, 1898
  40. Species Lineus galbanus (Bürger, 1890)
  41. Species Lineus gesserensis (O.F. Müller, 1774)
  42. Species Lineus gilbus Bürger, 1892
  43. Species Lineus gilviceps Sundberg & Gibson, 1995
  44. Species Lineus glaucus (Bürger, 1890)
  45. Species Lineus grubei (Hubrecht, 1879)
  46. Species Lineus hancocki Punnett & Cooper, 1909
  47. Species Lineus hiatti Coe, 1947
  48. Species Lineus hubrechti (Langerhans, 1880)
  49. Species Lineus indicus Punnett & Cooper, 1909
  50. Species Lineus insignis Senz, 1993
  51. Species Lineus iota Joubin, 1902
  52. Species Lineus islandicus Friedrich, 1958
  53. Species Lineus kennelii Bürger, 1892
  54. Species Lineus kolaensis Ushakov, 1928
  55. Species Lineus kristinebergensis Gering, 1912
  56. Species Lineus lacteus (Rathke, 1843)
  57. Species Lineus lacticapitatus Wheeler, 1940
  58. Species Lineus lobianki Bürger, 1892
  59. Species Lineus longifissus sensu Takakura, 1898
  60. Species Lineus longifissus sensu Iwata, 1952
  61. Species Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)
  62. Species Lineus marisalbi Ushakov, 1926
  63. Species Lineus mascarensis Punnett & Cooper, 1909
  64. Species Lineus molochinus Bürger, 1892
  65. Species Lineus monolineatus Staub, 1900
  66. Species Lineus nigrobrunneus Bergendal, 1903
  67. Species Lineus nigrofuscus (Stimpson, 1857)
  68. Species Lineus nigrostriatus Iwata, 1954
  69. Species Lineus obscurus (Desor, 1848)
  70. Species Lineus oculatus Montagu, 1808
  71. Species Lineus orientalis Punnett & Cooper, 1901
  72. Species Lineus ornatus Wheeler, 1940
  73. Species Lineus pallidus Verrill, 1879
  74. Species Lineus parvulus Bürger, 1892
  75. Species Lineus patulus Isler, 1900
  76. Species Lineus pictifrons Coe, 1904
  77. Species Lineus picus Corrêa, 1958
  78. Species Lineus polyophthalmus (Schmarda, 1859)
  79. Species Lineus pseudoruber (Friedrich, 1935)
  80. Species Lineus psittacinus (Bürger, 1890)
  81. Species Lineus quadratus Korotkevich, 1978
  82. Species Lineus ramosus Isler, 1900
  83. Species Lineus rovinjensis Senz, 1995
  84. Species Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774)
  85. Species Lineus rubescens Coe, 1904
  86. Species Lineus rufocaudatus Bürger, 1892
  87. Species Lineus sainthilairi Ushakov, 1926
  88. Species Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799)
  89. Species Lineus scandinaviensis Punnett, 1903
  90. Species Lineus schultzei Senz, 2001
  91. Species Lineus sowerbyi Senz, 2001
  92. Species Lineus spatiosus Iwata, 1954
  93. Species Lineus stigmatus Coe, 1951
  94. Species Lineus subcingulatus Takakura, 1898
  95. Species Lineus trilobulatus Korotkevich, 1978
  96. Species Lineus truncatus (Hubrecht, 1887)
  97. Species Lineus turqueti Joubin, 1905
  98. Species Lineus variegatus Chapuis, 1886
  99. Species Lineus versicolor Bürger, 1892
  100. Species Lineus viridis (Müller, 1774)
  101. Species Lineus vittatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  102. Species Lineus viviparus Isler, 1900
  103. Subgenus Lineus (Cerebratulus) accepted as Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804] (synonym)
    1. Species Lineus (Cerebratulus) rubens accepted as Cerebratulus rubens Bürger, 1890 (synonym)
  104. Species Lineus albolineatus Coe, 1904 accepted as Lineus bilineatus (Renier, 1804) accepted as Siphonenteron bilineatum Meneghini in Renier, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  105. Species Lineus alborostlatus accepted as Lineus alborostratus Takakura, 1898 accepted as Kulikovia alborostrata (Takakura, 1898) (synonym)
  106. Species Lineus alborostratus Takakura, 1898 accepted as Kulikovia alborostrata (Takakura, 1898) (Comb. Nov.)
  107. Species Lineus albovittatus (Stimpson, 1855) accepted as Notospermus albovittatus (Stimpson, 1855) (synonym)
  108. Species Lineus albo-vittatus accepted as Notospermus albovittatus (Stimpson, 1855) (synonym)
  109. Species Lineus albus (Dalyell, 1853) accepted as Gordius albus Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Lineus lacteus (Rathke, 1843) (Synonym)
  110. Species Lineus anas accepted as Notospermus geniculatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822) (synonym)
  111. Species Lineus angulatus accepted as Lineus angulosus Korotkevich, 1978 (synonym)
  112. Species Lineus annulatus accepted as Tubulanus annulatus (Montagu, 1804) (synonym)
  113. Species Lineus arenicolus accepted as Lineus rovinjensis Senz, 1995 (synonym)
  114. Species Lineus ater accepted as Dushia atra (Girard, 1851) sensu Girard, 1851 (synonym)
  115. Species Lineus ater (Girard, 1851) sensu Coe, 1951 accepted as Dushia atra (Girard, 1851) sensu Corrêa, 1963 accepted as Dushia wijnhoffae Schwartz & Norenburg, 2019 (uncertain synonym)
  116. Species Lineus beattiaei (Gray, 1857) accepted as Cerebratulus marginatus [Renier], [1804] (Synonym)
  117. Species Lineus bellus accepted as Micrura bella (Stimpson, 1857) (synonym)
  118. Species Lineus bicolor Verrill, 1892 accepted as Tenuilineus bicolor (Verrill, 1892) accepted as Siphonenteron bicolour (Verrill, 1892) (Synonym)
  119. Species Lineus bilineata (Renier, 1804) accepted as Lineus bilineatus (Renier, 1804) accepted as Siphonenteron bilineatum Meneghini in Renier, 1847 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  120. Species Lineus bilineatus (Renier, 1804) accepted as Siphonenteron bilineatum Meneghini in Renier, 1847 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  121. Species Lineus bivittatus accepted as Cerebratulus bivittatus Uljanin, 1870 (synonym)
  122. Species Lineus callaris Korotkevich, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  123. Species Lineus coccineus accepted as Lineus coccinus Bürger, 1892 (synonym)
  124. Species Lineus coecus accepted as Paralineus elisabethae Schütz, 1911 (synonym)
  125. Species Lineus communis accepted as Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) accepted as Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) (synonym)
  126. Species Lineus corrugatus McIntosh, 1876 accepted as Parborlasia corrugatus (McIntosh, 1876) (synonym)
  127. Species Lineus corrugatus sensu Stephenson, Stephenson & Du Toit, 1937 accepted as Lineus ornatus Wheeler, 1940 (unaccepted > misapplication, misidentification)
  128. Species Lineus digueti accepted as Notospermus geniculatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822) (synonym)
  129. Species Lineus dohrni accepted as Lineus dohrnii (Hubrecht, 1879) (synonym)
  130. Species Lineus dubius accepted as Parvicirrus dubius (Verrill, 1879) (synonym)
  131. Species Lineus fasciatus accepted as Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770) (synonym)
  132. Species Lineus fulvus Iwata, 1954 accepted as Kulikovia fulva (Iwata, 1954) (Comb. Nov.)
  133. Species Lineus geniculatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822) accepted as Notospermus geniculatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822) (synonym)
  134. Species Lineus genserensis accepted as Lineus viridis (Müller, 1774) (synonym)
  135. Species Lineus gilvus accepted as Lineus gilbus Bürger, 1892 (synonym)
  136. Species Lineus glandulosa accepted as Chilineus glandulosa (Bürger, 1895) (uncertain assignment to Micrura/Lineus)
  137. Species Lineus gracilis accepted as Emplectonema gracile (Johnston, 1837) (synonym)
  138. Species Lineus gurjanovae Korotkevich, 1977 accepted as Poseidon viridis Müller, 1774
  139. Species Lineus hanseni Joubin, 1910 accepted as Lineus corrugatus McIntosh, 1876 accepted as Parborlasia corrugatus (McIntosh, 1876) (Synonym)
  140. Species Lineus hubrechtii accepted as Lineus hubrechti (Langerhans, 1880) (synonym)
  141. Species Lineus hubrecti accepted as Lineus hubrechti (Langerhans, 1880) (synonym)
  142. Species Lineus kenneli accepted as Lineus kennelii Bürger, 1892 (synonym)
  143. Species Lineus lactea accepted as Ramphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843 accepted as Lineus lacteus (Rathke, 1843) (synonym)
  144. Species Lineus lancearius Korotkevich, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, No description (Gibson, 1995))
  145. Species Lineus levinensis Korotkevich, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, No description (Gibson, 1995))
  146. Species Lineus linearis Montagu, 1808 (unaccepted > unavailable name, MS name)
  147. Species Lineus lineatus accepted as Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770) (synonym)
  148. Species Lineus marinus accepted as Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770) (synonym)
  149. Species Lineus maris-albi accepted as Lineus marisalbi Ushakov, 1926 (synonym)
  150. Species Lineus mcintoshii (Langerhans, 1880) accepted as Evelineus mcintoshii (Langerhans, 1880) (Synonymy hypothesis)
  151. Species Lineus mintoshii accepted as Lineus mcintoshii (Langerhans, 1880) accepted as Evelineus mcintoshii (Langerhans, 1880) (synonym)
  152. Species Lineus mitellatus accepted as Notospermus geniculatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822) (synonym)
  153. Species Lineus nigricans Bürger, 1893 accepted as Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) accepted as Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) (synonym)
  154. Species Lineus nigricnus accepted as Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) accepted as Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) (synonym)
  155. Species Lineus niveus Punnett, 1903 accepted as Cerebratulus niveus (Punnett, 1903) (basionym)
  156. Species Lineus piperatus (Stimpson, 1855) accepted as Iwatanemertes piperata (Stimpson, 1855) (synonym)
  157. Species Lineus pseudo-lacteus accepted as Ramphogordius pseudolacteus (Gontcharoff, 1951) (synonym)
  158. Species Lineus purpureus accepted as Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774) (synonym)
  159. Species Lineus reseocephalus accepted as Antarctolineus scotti (Baylis, 1915) (synonym)
  160. Species Lineus roseocephalus accepted as Antarctolineus scotti (Baylis, 1915) (synonym)
  161. Species Lineus rubens accepted as Cerebratulus rubens Bürger, 1890 (synonym)
  162. Species Lineus saint-hilairi accepted as Lineus sainthilairi Ushakov, 1926 (synonym)
  163. Species Lineus schmardai Bürger, 1904 accepted as Myorhynchonemertes striata (Schmarda, 1859) (synonym)
  164. Species Lineus schmidti Korotkevich, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, No description (Gibson, 1995))
  165. Species Lineus scotti accepted as Antarctolineus scotti (Baylis, 1915) (synonym)
  166. Species Lineus socialis (Leidy, 1855) accepted as Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) accepted as Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) (Subjective synonymy)
  167. Species Lineus spirales Parfitt, 1867 accepted as Omatoplea spirales Parfitt, 1867 (Synonym)
  168. Species Lineus striatus accepted as Micrura verrilli Coe, 1901 (synonym)
  169. Species Lineus torgiatus accepted as Lineus torquatus Coe, 1901 accepted as Kulikovia torquatus (Coe, 1901) (synonym)
  170. Species Lineus torguatus accepted as Lineus torquatus Coe, 1901 accepted as Kulikovia torquatus (Coe, 1901) (synonym)
  171. Species Lineus torquatus Coe, 1901 accepted as Kulikovia torquatus (Coe, 1901) (Synonymy)
  172. Species Lineus tricuspidatus accepted as Notospermus tricuspidatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (synonym)
  173. Species Lineus uschakovi Korotkevich, 1977 accepted as Poseidon viridis Müller, 1774 (synonym)
  174. Species Lineus vegetus Coe, 1931 accepted as Myoisophagos sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) accepted as Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) accepted as Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) (Synonym)
  175. Species Lineus wilsoni accepted as Micrura wilsoni (Coe, 1904) (synonym)
  176. Species Lineus nipponensis Senz, 2001 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  177. Species Lineus viridis Saint-Loup, 1886 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, junior homonym, not a valid species)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sowerby, J. (1806). 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, Vol. 1-2 136 pp., 76 plates., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.41623
page(s): 15 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R.; Herrera Bachiller, A.; Strand, M. (2024). World Nemertea Database. Lineus Sowerby, 1806. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122358 on 2024-05-24
Date
action
by
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

Creative Commons License The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License


original description Sowerby, J. (1806). 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, Vol. 1-2 136 pp., 76 plates., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.41623
page(s): 15 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Ophiocephalus Blainville, 1828) Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>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.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522 [details]   

original description  (of Cerebratula van Beneden, 1861) Beneden, P.J. van. (1861). Recherches sur la Faune littorale de Belgique - Turbellariés. <em>Memoires de l'Academie royale des sciences de Belgique.</em> 32: 3–56. With 7 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32732165 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

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 [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
    Definitions

Loading...


To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) 
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Ophiocephalus Blainville, 1828)
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
JPG file
Image from typetaxon
From other sources
Lineus longissimus
Lineus longissimus
Image from typetaxon
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096339)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096339)
Hosted externally
Web site hosted and maintained by Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) - Contact