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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)
Borlasia Oken, 1815 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Genus was established for B...)  
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.
Cerebratula van Beneden, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Heterolineus Friedrich, 1935 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Lineus (Gordius) · unaccepted > junior homonym
Myoisophagos Riser, 1994 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Myoisophagus Riser, 1994 · unaccepted (lapsus calami)
Nemertes Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ophiocephalus Blainville, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophyocephalus Chiaje, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
Poseidon Girard, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pseudolineus Friedrich, 1960 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ramphogordius Rathke, 1843 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rhamphogordius Rathke, 1843 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (lapsus calami)

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  1. Species Lineus acutifrons Southern, 1913
  2. Species Lineus albifrons Coe, 1934
  3. Species Lineus albocinctus Verrill, 1900
  4. Species Lineus albonasus Verrill, 1900
  5. Species Lineus alienus Bürger, 1895
  6. Species Lineus anellatus Monastero, 1930
  7. Species Lineus arenicola (Verrill, 1873)
  8. Species Lineus atrocaeruleus (Schmarda, 1859)
  9. Species Lineus auripunctatus (Grube, 1855)
  10. Species Lineus aurostriatus (Bürger, 1890)
  11. Species Lineus australis Punnett, 1900
  12. Species Lineus autrani Joubin, 1905
  13. Species Lineus bergendali Senz, 1996
  14. Species Lineus binigrilinearis Gibson, 1990
  15. Species Lineus bioculatus Sundberg & Gibson, 1995
  16. Species Lineus bipunctatus Takakura, 1898
  17. Species Lineus bonaerensis Moretto, 1971
  18. Species Lineus boutani (Joubin, 1893)
  19. Species Lineus cancelli Iwata, 1954
  20. Species Lineus capensis Wheeler, 1940
  21. Species Lineus caputornatus Takakura, 1898
  22. Species Lineus cinereus Punnett, 1903
  23. Species Lineus cingulatus (Stimpson, 1855)
  24. Species Lineus clandestinus Krämer, Schmidt, Podsiadlowski, Beckers, Horn & Von Döhren, 2016
  25. Species Lineus coccinus Bürger, 1892
  26. Species Lineus collaris (Schmarda, 1859)
  27. Species Lineus coloratus (Bürger, 1890)
  28. Species Lineus copus Corrêa, 1958
  29. Species Lineus crosslandi Punnett & Cooper, 1909
  30. Species Lineus desori Schmidt, 1946
  31. Species Lineus dohrnii (Hubrecht, 1879)
  32. Species Lineus fischeri Senz, 1997
  33. Species Lineus flammeus Monastero, 1930
  34. Species Lineus flavescens Coe, 1904
  35. Species Lineus frauenfeldi Senz, 1997
  36. Species Lineus galbanus (Bürger, 1890)
  37. Species Lineus gesserensis (O.F. Müller, 1774)
  38. Species Lineus gilbus Bürger, 1892
  39. Species Lineus gilviceps Sundberg & Gibson, 1995
  40. Species Lineus glaucus (Bürger, 1890)
  41. Species Lineus grubei (Hubrecht, 1879)
  42. Species Lineus hancocki Punnett & Cooper, 1909
  43. Species Lineus hiatti Coe, 1947
  44. Species Lineus hubrechti (Langerhans, 1880)
  45. Species Lineus indicus Punnett & Cooper, 1909
  46. Species Lineus insignis Senz, 1993
  47. Species Lineus iota Joubin, 1902
  48. Species Lineus islandicus Friedrich, 1958
  49. Species Lineus kennelii Bürger, 1892
  50. Species Lineus kolaensis Ushakov, 1928
  51. Species Lineus kristinebergensis Gering, 1912
  52. Species Lineus lacteus (Rathke, 1843)
  53. Species Lineus lacticapitatus Wheeler, 1940
  54. Species Lineus lobianki Bürger, 1892
  55. Species Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)
  56. Species Lineus marisalbi Ushakov, 1926
  57. Species Lineus mascarensis Punnett & Cooper, 1909
  58. Species Lineus molochinus Bürger, 1892
  59. Species Lineus monolineatus Staub, 1900
  60. Species Lineus nigrobrunneus Bergendal, 1903
  61. Species Lineus nigrofuscus (Stimpson, 1857)
  62. Species Lineus nigrostriatus Iwata, 1954
  63. Species Lineus obscurus (Desor, 1848)
  64. Species Lineus oculatus Montagu, 1808
  65. Species Lineus orientalis Punnett & Cooper, 1901
  66. Species Lineus ornatus Wheeler, 1940
  67. Species Lineus pallidus Verrill, 1879
  68. Species Lineus parvulus Bürger, 1892
  69. Species Lineus patulus Isler, 1900
  70. Species Lineus pictifrons Coe, 1904
  71. Species Lineus picus Corrêa, 1958
  72. Species Lineus polyophthalmus (Schmarda, 1859)
  73. Species Lineus pseudoruber (Friedrich, 1935)
  74. Species Lineus psittacinus (Bürger, 1890)
  75. Species Lineus ramosus Isler, 1900
  76. Species Lineus rovinjensis Senz, 1995
  77. Species Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774)
  78. Species Lineus rubescens Coe, 1904
  79. Species Lineus rufocaudatus Bürger, 1892
  80. Species Lineus sainthilairi Ushakov, 1926
  81. Species Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799)
  82. Species Lineus scandinaviensis Punnett, 1903
  83. Species Lineus schultzei Senz, 2001
  84. Species Lineus sowerbyi Senz, 2001
  85. Species Lineus spatiosus Iwata, 1954
  86. Species Lineus stigmatus Coe, 1951
  87. Species Lineus subcingulatus Takakura, 1898
  88. Species Lineus truncatus (Hubrecht, 1887)
  89. Species Lineus turqueti Joubin, 1905
  90. Species Lineus variegatus Chapuis, 1886
  91. Species Lineus versicolor Bürger, 1892
  92. Species Lineus viridis (Müller, 1774)
  93. Species Lineus vittatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  94. Species Lineus viviparus Isler, 1900
  95. Species Lineus albolineatus Coe, 1904 accepted as Lineus bilineatus (Renier, 1804) accepted as Siphonenteron bilineatum Meneghini in Renier, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  96. Species Lineus alborostratus Takakura, 1898 accepted as Kulikovia alborostrata (Takakura, 1898) (Comb. Nov.)
  97. Species Lineus albovittatus (Stimpson, 1855) accepted as Notospermus albovittatus (Stimpson, 1855) (synonym)
  98. Species Lineus albo-vittatus accepted as Notospermus albovittatus (Stimpson, 1855) (synonym)
  99. Species Lineus anas accepted as Notospermus geniculatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822) (synonym)
  100. Species Lineus angulosus Korotkevich, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  101. Species Lineus annulatus accepted as Tubulanus annulatus (Montagu, 1804) (synonym)
  102. Species Lineus arenicolus Senz, 1993 accepted as Lineus rovinjensis Senz, 1995 (synonym)
  103. 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)
  104. Species Lineus atradentis Korotkevich, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  105. Species Lineus beattiaei Gray, 1857 accepted as Cerebratulus marginatus [Renier], [1804] (Synonym)
  106. Species Lineus bilineata (Renier, 1804) accepted as Lineus bilineatus (Renier, 1804) accepted as Siphonenteron bilineatum Meneghini in Renier, 1847 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  107. Species Lineus bilineatus (Renier, 1804) accepted as Siphonenteron bilineatum Meneghini in Renier, 1847 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  108. Species Lineus bivittatus accepted as Cerebratulus bivittatus Uljanin, 1870 (synonym)
  109. Species Lineus coecus Timofeeva, 1912 accepted as Paralineus elisabethae Schütz, 1911 (synonym)
  110. Species Lineus communis Verrill, 1879 accepted as Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) accepted as Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) (synonym)
  111. Species Lineus corrugatus McIntosh, 1876 accepted as Parborlasia corrugata (McIntosh, 1876) (synonym)
  112. Species Lineus corrugatus sensu Stephenson, Stephenson & Du Toit, 1937 accepted as Lineus ornatus Wheeler, 1940 (unaccepted > misapplication, misidentification)
  113. Species Lineus digueti Joubin, 1905 accepted as Notospermus geniculatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822) (synonym)
  114. Species Lineus dubius Verrill, 1879 accepted as Parvicirrus dubius (Verrill, 1879) (synonym)
  115. Species Lineus fasciatus Johnston, 1865 accepted as Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  116. Species Lineus fulvus Iwata, 1954 accepted as Kulikovia fulva (Iwata, 1954) (Comb. Nov.)
  117. Species Lineus fuscoviridis Takakura, 1898 accepted as Notospermus fuscoviridis (Takakura, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  118. Species Lineus geniculatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822) accepted as Notospermus geniculatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822) (synonym)
  119. Species Lineus glandulosa accepted as Chilineus glandulosa (Bürger, 1895) (uncertain assignment to Micrura/Lineus)
  120. Species Lineus gracilis (Goodsir, 1845) accepted as Emplectonema gracile (Johnston, 1837) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  121. Species Lineus gurjanovae Korotkevich, 1977 accepted as Poseidon viridis Müller, 1774
  122. Species Lineus linearis Montagu, 1808 (unaccepted > unavailable name, MS name)
  123. Species Lineus lineatus Johnston, 1865 accepted as Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  124. Species Lineus longifissus sensu Takakura, 1898 accepted as Corsoua takakurai Hookabe & Kajihara, 2020 (unaccepted > misapplication)
  125. Species Lineus longifissus sensu Iwata, 1952 accepted as Corsoua takakurai Hookabe & Kajihara, 2020 (unaccepted > misapplication)
  126. Species Lineus marinus accepted as Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  127. Species Lineus mcintoshii (Langerhans, 1880) accepted as Evelineus mcintoshii (Langerhans, 1880) (Synonymy hypothesis)
  128. Species Lineus mitellatus Takakura, 1898 accepted as Notospermus mitellatus (Takakura, 1898) (synonym)
  129. Species Lineus niveus Punnett, 1903 accepted as Cerebratulus niveus (Punnett, 1903) (basionym)
  130. Species Lineus piperatus (Stimpson, 1855) accepted as Iwatanemertes piperata (Stimpson, 1855) (synonym)
  131. Species Lineus quadratus Korotkevich, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  132. Species Lineus roseocephalus Wheeler, 1934 accepted as Antarctolineus scotti (Baylis, 1915) (synonym)
  133. Species Lineus scotti Baylis, 1915 accepted as Antarctolineus scotti (Baylis, 1915) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  134. Species Lineus socialis (Leidy, 1855) accepted as Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) accepted as Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) (Subjective synonymy)
  135. Species Lineus striatus Griffin, 1898 accepted as Micrura verrilli Coe, 1901 (synonym)
  136. Species Lineus torquatus Coe, 1901 accepted as Kulikovia torquata (Coe, 1901) (Synonymy)
  137. Species Lineus trilobulatus Korotkevich, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  138. Species Lineus uschakovi Korotkevich, 1977 accepted as Poseidon viridis Müller, 1774 (synonym)
  139. Species Lineus vegetus Coe, 1931 accepted as Myoisophagos sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) accepted as Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) accepted as Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) (Synonym)
  140. Species Lineus wilsoni Coe, 1904 accepted as Micrura wilsoni (Coe, 1904) (synonym)
  141. Species Lineus nipponensis Senz, 2001 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  142. Species Lineus viridis Saint-Loup, 1886 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, junior homonym, not a valid species)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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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
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LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:74DE8D3E-9971-436B-8B23-08FE022CCDF0
 [details]

Nomenclature The date of publication has long been regarded as 1806, but it is 1805. The text (p. 15-16) and plate (tab. VIII) for...  
Nomenclature The date of publication has long been regarded as 1806, but it is 1805. The text (p. 15-16) and plate (tab. VIII) for Lineus longissimus were contained in No. 2 of Sowerby's British Miscellany, which was published on 1 January 1805 according to arelevant BHL page. [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2024). 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 2024-11-21
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gibson, Raymond
2020-01-24 19:39:27Z
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Norenburg, Jon
2020-01-26 16:07:48Z
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Norenburg, Jon
2024-10-28 02:19:23Z
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Kajihara, Hiroshi

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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 Borlasia Oken, 1815) Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. <em>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].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403
page(s): 365 [details] OpenAccess publication

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

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, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32732165 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pseudolineus Friedrich, 1960) 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 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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]
 
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Nomenclature The date of publication has long been regarded as 1806, but it is 1805. The text (p. 15-16) and plate (tab. VIII) for Lineus longissimus were contained in No. 2 of Sowerby's British Miscellany, which was published on 1 January 1805 according to arelevant BHL page. [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lineus) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiocephalus) (from synonym Ophiocephalus Blainville, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ramphogordius) (from synonym Ramphogordius Rathke, 1843)
To Genbank (from synonym Myoisophagos Riser, 1994)
To Genbank (from synonym Ramphogordius Rathke, 1843)
To Genbank 
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (11 records) (from synonym Rhamphogordius Rathke, 1843)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (60 records) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096339) 
To ITIS
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To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096339)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096339)
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