MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Lineus Sowerby, 1805

MSBIAS taxon details

Lineus Sowerby, 1805

AphiaID

122358 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122358)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770) (type by subsequent designation)

Type taxon of

Lineidae McIntosh, 1874

Parent

Lineidae McIntosh, 1874

Original name

Lineus Sowerby, 1805

Synonymised names

Myoisophagos Riser, 1994 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Myoisophagus Riser, 1994 · unaccepted (lapsus calami)

Ramphogordius Rathke, 1843 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Lineus coccinus Bürger, 1892
Species Lineus lacteus (Rathke, 1843)
Species Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774)
Species Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799)
Species Lineus viridis (Müller, 1774)
Species Lineus acutifrons Southern, 1913 accepted as Junoya acutifrons (Southern, 1913) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lineus bilineatus (Renier, 1804) accepted as Siphonenteron bilineatum Renier in Menighini, 1847 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lineus grubei (Hubrecht, 1879) accepted as Bilucernus grubei (Hubrecht, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

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]

Taxonomic citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Lineus Sowerby, 1805. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122358 on 2025-05-31

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Lineus Sowerby, 1805. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122358 on 2025-05-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

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

2024-10-28 02:19:23Z

changed

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]

original description (of Ramphogordius Rathke, 1843) 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613 [details]

basis of record Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 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. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors