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Lineidae McIntosh, 1874

Slabber (1778, pl. 08)
Slabber (1778, pl. 08)

122314 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122314)

accepted
Family
Cerebratulidae Gibson, 1985 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mixolineidae Gibson, 1985 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paralineidae Chernyshev, 1995, stat. emend. Chernyshev, 1999 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Genus Aetheolineus Senz, 1993
  2. Genus Amorphonemertes Cantell, 1998
  3. Genus Bilucernus Ikenaga, Maslakova, Yoshida & Kajihara, 2025
  4. Genus Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804]
  5. Genus Diplopleura Stimpson, 1857
  6. Genus Euborlasia Vaillant, 1890
  7. Genus Evelineus Corrêa, 1954
  8. Genus Heteronemertes Chernyshev, 1995
  9. Genus Huilkalineus Senz, 1993
  10. Genus Junoya Chernyshev, 2025
  11. Genus Leucocephalonemertes Cantell, 1996
  12. Genus Lineopsella Friedrich, 1970
  13. Genus Lineus Sowerby, 1805
  14. Genus Micrura Ehrenberg, 1828
  15. Genus Micrurides Friedrich, 1960
  16. Genus Micrurinella Friedrich, 1960
  17. Genus Mixolineus Müller & Scripcariu, 1971
  18. Genus Nemertoscolex Greeff, 1879
  19. Genus Notospermus Huschke, 1830
  20. Genus Paracerebratulus Senz, 1997
  21. Genus Paralineus Schütz, 1911
  22. Genus Pontolineus Müller & Scripcariu, 1964
  23. Genus Pussylineus Corrêa, 1956
  24. Genus Quasimicrura Chernyshev, 2025
  25. Genus Riseriellus Rogers, Junoy, Gibson & Thorpe, 1993
  26. Genus Siphonenteron Renier in Meneghini, 1847
  27. Genus Tarrhomyos Riser, 1993
  28. Genus Tenuilineus Riser, 1993
  29. Genus Utolineides Senz, 1997
  30. Genus Zygeupolia Thompson, 1900
  31. Genus Avenardia Giard, 1878 accepted as Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804] (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  32. Genus Borlasia Oken, 1815 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Genus was established for B angliae Oken, 1815 – now syn. with Lineus longissimus but the generic name has subsequently been used for species since transferred to several other genera. No valid Borlasia-species exist today.)
  33. Genus Cnidon Müller, 1854 accepted as Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804] (Pre-occupied name (Burger, 1904))
  34. Genus Meckelia Leuckart, 1828 accepted as Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804]
  35. Genus Micrella Punnett, 1901 accepted as Zygeupolia Thompson, 1900 (Synonym for Zygeupolia Thompson, 1900 and junior homonym of Micrella Motschulsky, 1868, a beetle)
  36. Genus Myoisophagos Riser, 1994 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Genus Myoisophagus Riser, 1994 accepted as Ramphogordius Rathke, 1843 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (lapsus calami)
  38. Genus Nemertes Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Genus Ophiocephalus Blainville, 1828 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (synonym)
  40. Genus Poseidon Girard, 1852 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  41. Genus Ramphogordius Rathke, 1843 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W. C. (1873-1874). A monograph of the British Annelids. Pt. I: The Nemerteans. The Ray Society, 1873: pp. 1-96, pls. I-X; 1874: pp. 97-214, pls. xi.-xxiii, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577661 [details] OpenAccess publication
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2026). World Nemertea Database. Lineidae McIntosh, 1874. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=122314 on 2026-07-25
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Lineidae McIntosh, 1874. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122314 on 2026-07-25
Date
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by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gibson, Raymond
2024-05-07 19:20:51Z
changed
Norenburg, Jon
2024-10-21 09:14:39Z
changed
Kajihara, Hiroshi

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original description McIntosh, W. C. (1873-1874). A monograph of the British Annelids. Pt. I: The Nemerteans. The Ray Society, 1873: pp. 1-96, pls. I-X; 1874: pp. 97-214, pls. xi.-xxiii, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577661 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Mixolineidae Gibson, 1985) Gibson, R. (1985). The need for a standard approach to taxonomic descriptions of nemerteans. American Zoologist, 25(1): 5-14, available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/3882805 [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 RoR) [details] 

additional source Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details] 

additional source Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Kajihara, H. (2022). Reversal of precedence for Lineidae McIntosh, 1874 over its senior synonyms Borlasiidae Diesing, 1862 and Nemertidae Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea: Heteronemertea). <em>Species Diversity.</em> 27(1): 25–35., available online at https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.27.25 [details] 

additional source Kajihara, H.; Smith, E. N. (2021). Case 3850 – Micruridae Dunn, 1931 (Reptilia, Serpentes) and Lineidae McIntosh, 1874 (Nemertea, Pilidiophora): proposed conservation by suppression of Micruridae Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea, Pilidiophora). <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 78(2): 112–130., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v78.a027 [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 RoR), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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