Lineus

Lineus
Lineus longissimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nemertea
Class: Anopla
Order: Heteronemertea
Family: Lineidae
Genus: Lineus
Sowerby, 1806

Lineus is a genus of nemertine worms, including the bootlace worm, arguably the longest animal alive. Lineus contains the following species:[1]

  • Lineus acutifrons Southern, 1913
  • Lineus albifrons Coe, 1934
  • Lineus albocinctus Verrill, 1900
  • Lineus albonasus Verrill, 1900
  • Lineus alborostratus Takakura, 1898
  • Lineus albus
  • Lineus alienus Bürger, 1895
  • Lineus anellatus
  • Lineus angulosus Korotkevich, 1978
  • Lineus arenicola (Verrill, 1873)
  • Lineus atradentis Korotkevich, 1978
  • Lineus atrocaeruleus (Schmarda, 1859)
  • Lineus auripunctatus (Grube, 1855)
  • Lineus aurostriatus (Bürger, 1890)
  • Lineus australis
  • Lineus autrani Joubin, 1905
  • Lineus bergendali Senz, 1996
  • Lineus bilineatus (Renier, 1804)
  • Lineus binigrilinearis Gibson, 1990
  • Lineus bioculatus Sundberg & Gibson, 1995
  • Lineus bipunctatus Takakura, 1898
  • Lineus bonaerensis Moretto, 1971
  • Lineus boutani (Joubin, 1893)
  • Lineus callaris Korotkevich, 1978
  • Lineus cancelli Iwata, 1954
  • Lineus capensis Wheeler, 1940
  • Lineus caputornatus Takakura, 1898
  • Lineus cinereus Punnett, 1903
  • Lineus cingulatus (Stimpson, 1855)
  • Lineus coccinus Bürger, 1892
  • Lineus collaris (Schmarda, 1859)
  • Lineus coloratus (Bürger, 1890)
  • Lineus copus Corrêa, 1958
  • Lineus crosslandi Punnett & Cooper, 1909
  • Lineus desori Schmidt, 1946
  • Lineus dohrnii (Hubrecht, 1879)
  • Lineus fischeri Senz, 1997
  • Lineus flammeus
  • Lineus flavescens Coe, 1904
  • Lineus frauenfeldi Senz, 1997
  • Lineus fulvus Iwata, 1954
  • Lineus fuscoviridis Takakura, 1898
  • Lineus galbanus (Bürger, 1890)
  • Lineus gesserensis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Lineus gilbus Bürger, 1892
  • Lineus gilviceps Sundberg & Gibson, 1995
  • Lineus glaucus (Bürger, 1890)
  • Lineus grubei (Hubrecht, 1879)
  • Lineus hancocki Punnett & Cooper, 1909
  • Lineus hiatti Coe, 1947
  • Lineus hubrechti (Langerhans, 1880)
  • Lineus indicus Punnett & Cooper, 1909
  • 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 lacticapitatus Wheeler, 1940
  • Lineus lancearius Korotkevich, 1978
  • Lineus levinensis Korotkevich, 1978
  • Lineus linearis Montagu, 1808
  • Lineus lobianki Bürger, 1892
  • Lineus longifissus sensu Takakura, 1898
  • Lineus longifissus sensu Iwata, 1952
  • Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)
  • Lineus marisalbi Ushakov, 1926
  • Lineus mascarensis Punnett & Cooper, 1909
  • Lineus mcintoshii (Langerhans, 1880)
  • Lineus molochinus Bürger, 1892
  • Lineus monolineatus Staub, 1900
  • Lineus nigrobrunneus Bergendal, 1903
  • Lineus nigrofuscus (Stimpson, 1857)
  • Lineus nigrostriatus Iwata, 1954
  • Lineus nipponensis Senz, 2001
  • Lineus obscurus
  • Lineus oculatus
  • Lineus orientalis Punnett & Cooper, 1901
  • Lineus ornatus Wheeler, 1940
  • Lineus pallidus Verrill, 1879
  • Lineus parvulus Bürger, 1892
  • Lineus patulus Isler, 1900
  • Lineus pictifrons Coe, 1904
  • Lineus picus Corrêa, 1958
  • Lineus polyophthalmus (Schmarda, 1859)
  • Lineus pseudoruber (Friedrich, 1935)
  • Lineus psittacinus (Bürger, 1890)
  • Lineus quadratus Korotkevich, 1978
  • Lineus ramosus Isler, 1900
  • Lineus rovinjensis Senz, 1995
  • Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774)
  • Lineus rubescens Coe, 1904
  • Lineus rufocaudatus Bürger, 1892
  • Lineus sainthilairi Ushakov, 1926
  • Lineus scandinaviensis Punnett, 1903
  • Lineus schmidti Korotkevich, 1978
  • Lineus schultzei Senz, 2001
  • Lineus sowerbyi Senz, 2001
  • Lineus spatiosus Iwata, 1954
  • Lineus stigmatus Coe, 1951
  • Lineus subcingulatus Takakura, 1898
  • Lineus torquatus Coe, 1901
  • Lineus trilobulatus Korotkevich, 1978
  • Lineus truncatus (Hubrecht, 1887)
  • Lineus turqueti Joubin, 1905
  • Lineus variegatus Chapuis, 1886
  • Lineus versicolor Bürger, 1892
  • Lineus viridis (Müller, 1774)
  • Lineus viridis Saint-Loup, 1886
  • Lineus vittatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Lineus viviparus Isler, 1900

References

  1. R. Gibson (2011). R. Gibson, ed. "Lineus". World Nemertea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 4, 2011.