Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nemertea > Class Pilidiophora > Order Heteronemertea > Family Lineidae

Lineus Sowerby, 1805

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Myoisophagus*	Riser, 1994	orthographic variant
*Borlasia*	Oken, 1815	synonym
*Heterolineus*	Friedrich, 1935	synonym
*Myoisophagos*	Riser, 1994	synonym
*Nemertes*	Cuvier, 1816	synonym
*Ophiocephalus*	Blainville, 1828	synonym
*Ophyocephalus*	Chiaje, 1829	synonym
*Poseidon*	Girard, 1852	synonym
*Ramphogordius*	Rathke, 1843	synonym

Children

Lineus alienus Bürger, 1895
Lineus bergendali Senz, 1996
Lineus cinereus Punnett, 1903
Lineus coccinus Bürger, 1892
Lineus dohrnii (Hubrecht, 1879)
Lineus fischeri Senz, 1997
Lineus frauenfeldi Senz, 1997
Lineus gesserensis (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Lineus gilbus Bürger, 1892
Lineus grubei (Hubrecht, 1879)
Lineus hubrechti (Langerhans, 1880)
Lineus insignis Senz, 1993
Lineus iota Joubin, 1902
Lineus islandicus Friedrich, 1958
Lineus kennelii Bürger, 1892
Lineus kolaensis Ushakov, 1928
Lineus kristinebergensis Gering, 1912
Lineus lacteus (Rathke, 1843)
Lineus lobianki Bürger, 1892
Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Lineus marisalbi Ushakov, 1926
Lineus molochinus Bürger, 1892
Lineus nigrobrunneus Bergendal, 1903
Lineus parvulus Bürger, 1892
Lineus pseudoruber (Friedrich, 1935)
Lineus rovinjensis Senz, 1995
Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774)
Lineus rufocaudatus Bürger, 1892
Lineus sainthilairi Ushakov, 1926
Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799)
Lineus scandinaviensis Punnett, 1903
Lineus variegatus Chapuis, 1886
Lineus versicolor Bürger, 1892
Lineus viridis (Müller, 1774)

Literature

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

Genbank

Citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Lineus Sowerby, 1805. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122358