WoRMS taxon details
Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke, 1799)
122596 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122596)
accepted
Species
Ascaris linearis (Rathke, 1799) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astemma longum Örsted, 1843 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Borlasia cephalothrix Diesing, 1850 · unaccepted > unavailable name
Borlasia linearis (Rathke, 1799) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Borlasia longa (Örsted, 1843) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cephalothrix bioculata Örsted, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cephalothrix caeca Orsted, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cephalothrix coeca Örsted, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cephalothrix linearis filiformis · unaccepted
Cephalothrix lineatus · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Planaria linearis Rathke, 1799 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine
(of Planaria linearis Rathke, 1799) Rathke, J. (1799). Jattagelser henhorende til Indvoldeormenes og Bloddyrenes Naturhistorie. [Observations relating to the natural history of intestinal worms and bloodsuckers.]. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 5 (1): 61-153, pl. 2-3. [details] 
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke, 1799). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122596 on 2025-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Planaria linearis Rathke, 1799) Rathke, J. (1799). Jattagelser henhorende til Indvoldeormenes og Bloddyrenes Naturhistorie. [Observations relating to the natural history of intestinal worms and bloodsuckers.]. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 5 (1): 61-153, pl. 2-3. [details]
original description (of Astemma longum Örsted, 1843) Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8): 519–581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323275
page(s): 574-574 [details]
original description (of Borlasia cephalothrix Diesing, 1850) Diesing, C.M. [[Karl Moritz, usually as Latin C. M = Carolo Mauritio]. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. <em>[book].</em> xiii[xvi] + 679 pp.W. Vindobonae, Braumüller, Wien., available online at https://archive.org/details/systemahelminth00diesgoog/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 241 [details]
original description (of Cephalothrix coeca Örsted, 1843) Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8): 519–581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323275
page(s): 574 [details]
original description (of Cephalothrix bioculata Örsted, 1843) Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8): 519–581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323275
page(s): 573-574 [details]
original description (of Astemma longum Örsted, 1843) Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8): 519–581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323275
page(s): 574-574 [details]
original description (of Borlasia cephalothrix Diesing, 1850) Diesing, C.M. [[Karl Moritz, usually as Latin C. M = Carolo Mauritio]. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. <em>[book].</em> xiii[xvi] + 679 pp.W. Vindobonae, Braumüller, Wien., available online at https://archive.org/details/systemahelminth00diesgoog/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 241 [details]
original description (of Cephalothrix coeca Örsted, 1843) Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8): 519–581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323275
page(s): 574 [details]
original description (of Cephalothrix bioculata Örsted, 1843) Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8): 519–581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323275
page(s): 573-574 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Kajihara, H. (2019). Resolving a 200-year-old taxonomic conundrum: neotype designation for <i>Cephalothrix linearis</i> (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea) based on a topotype from Bergen, Norway. <em>Fauna norvegica.</em> 39: 39–76., available online at https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v39i0.2734 [details] Available for editors 
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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 [request]
additional source 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 Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Senz, W. (1993). Nemertinen europäischer Küstenbereiche (Nebst erganzenden Angaben zur Anatomie von Apatronemertes albimaculosa Wilfert & Gibson 1974). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B Botanik und Zoologie., 94/95: 47-145, available online at http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_94_95B_0047-0145.pdf http://www.jstor.org/stable/41766887 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source 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 Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Senz, W. (1993). Nemertinen europäischer Küstenbereiche (Nebst erganzenden Angaben zur Anatomie von Apatronemertes albimaculosa Wilfert & Gibson 1974). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B Botanik und Zoologie., 94/95: 47-145, available online at http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_94_95B_0047-0145.pdf http://www.jstor.org/stable/41766887 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Neotype ICHUM 3509, Bukkasundet, 20 October 2006, 34 slides [details]Synonymy Cephalothrix linearis (partim) =
Cephalothrix buergeri [details]
Synonymy Cephalothrix linearis (partim) = Procephalothrix simula [details]
Synonymy Cephalothrix linearis (partim) = Procephalothrix spiralis [details]
Synonymy Cephalothrix linearis
= Cephalothrix linearis filiformis (partim) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ホソヒモムシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Cephalothrix bioculata Örsted, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cephalothrix caeca Orsted, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Planaria linearis Rathke, 1799)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Borlasia longa (Örsted, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cephalothrix coeca Örsted, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cephalothrix lineatus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Astemma longum Örsted, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Borlasia linearis (Rathke, 1799))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalothrix linearis)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Planaria linearis Rathke, 1799)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Planaria linearis Rathke, 1799)
To PESI (from synonym Borlasia linearis (Rathke, 1799))
To PESI (from synonym Astemma longum Örsted, 1843)
To PESI (from synonym Borlasia cephalothrix Diesing, 1850)
To PESI (from synonym Cephalothrix lineatus)
To PESI (from synonym Cephalothrix coeca Örsted, 1843)
To PESI (from synonym Borlasia longa (Örsted, 1843))
To PESI (from synonym Cephalothrix caeca Orsted, 1843)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (1 record)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 000194.NM)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Cephalothrix bioculata Örsted, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cephalothrix caeca Orsted, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Planaria linearis Rathke, 1799)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Borlasia longa (Örsted, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cephalothrix coeca Örsted, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cephalothrix lineatus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Astemma longum Örsted, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Borlasia linearis (Rathke, 1799))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalothrix linearis)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Planaria linearis Rathke, 1799)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Planaria linearis Rathke, 1799)
To PESI (from synonym Borlasia linearis (Rathke, 1799))
To PESI (from synonym Astemma longum Örsted, 1843)
To PESI (from synonym Borlasia cephalothrix Diesing, 1850)
To PESI (from synonym Cephalothrix lineatus)
To PESI (from synonym Cephalothrix coeca Örsted, 1843)
To PESI (from synonym Borlasia longa (Örsted, 1843))
To PESI (from synonym Cephalothrix caeca Orsted, 1843)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (1 record)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 000194.NM)
To ITIS
