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

Lineus variegatus Chapuis, 1886

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lineus*	Sowerby, 1805	accepted genus name
*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

Literature

original description	Chapuis, F. (1886). Note sur quelques Némertes récoltées a Roscoff dans le courant du mois d'Aout 1885. Archives de zoologie experérimentale et général, Série 2, 4: xxi-xxiv
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	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 variegatus Chapuis, 1886. 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:122541