MSBIAS taxon details
Lineidae McIntosh, 1874
122314 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122314)
accepted
Family
Cerebratulidae Gibson, 1985 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Bilucernus Ikenaga, Maslakova, Yoshida & Kajihara, 2025
- Genus Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804]
- Genus Euborlasia Vaillant, 1890
- Genus Junoya Chernyshev, 2025
- Genus Leucocephalonemertes Cantell, 1996
- Genus Lineus Sowerby, 1805
- Genus Micrura Ehrenberg, 1828
- Genus Riseriellus Rogers, Junoy, Gibson & Thorpe, 1993
- Genus Siphonenteron Renier in Meneghini, 1847
- Genus Zygeupolia Thompson, 1900
- Genus Micrella Punnett, 1901 accepted as Zygeupolia Thompson, 1900 (Synonym for Zygeupolia Thompson, 1900 and junior homonym of Micrella Motschulsky, 1868, a beetle)
- Genus Myoisophagos Riser, 1994 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Myoisophagus Riser, 1994 accepted as Ramphogordius Rathke, 1843 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (lapsus calami)
- Genus Ramphogordius Rathke, 1843 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W. C. (1873-1874). A monograph of the British Annelids. Pt. I: The Nemerteans. The Ray Society, 1873: pp. 1-96, pls. I-X; 1874: pp. 97-214, pls. xi.-xxiii, available online at https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=cgdGAQAAMAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA15&dq=McIntosh+monograph+British+annelids&ots=JGzIoQ2_8k&sig=gvtwZBM6RUza1f5dBN7vMbHap-U#v=onepage&q=McIntosh%20monograph%20British%20annelids&f=false [details] Available for editors 
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Lineidae McIntosh, 1874. 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=122314 on 2025-07-15
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. Lineidae McIntosh, 1874. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122314 on 2025-07-15
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McIntosh, W. C. (1873-1874). A monograph of the British Annelids. Pt. I: The Nemerteans. The Ray Society, 1873: pp. 1-96, pls. I-X; 1874: pp. 97-214, pls. xi.-xxiii, available online at https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=cgdGAQAAMAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA15&dq=McIntosh+monograph+British+annelids&ots=JGzIoQ2_8k&sig=gvtwZBM6RUza1f5dBN7vMbHap-U#v=onepage&q=McIntosh%20monograph%20British%20annelids&f=false [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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 Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Kajihara, H. (2022). Reversal of precedence for Lineidae McIntosh, 1874 over its senior synonyms Borlasiidae Diesing, 1862 and Nemertidae Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea: Heteronemertea). <em>Species Diversity.</em> 27(1): 25–35., available online at https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.27.25 [details]
additional source Kajihara, H.; Smith, E. N. (2021). Case 3850 – Micruridae Dunn, 1931 (Reptilia, Serpentes) and Lineidae McIntosh, 1874 (Nemertea, Pilidiophora): proposed conservation by suppression of Micruridae Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea, Pilidiophora). <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 78(2): 112–130., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v78.a027 [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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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 Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Kajihara, H. (2022). Reversal of precedence for Lineidae McIntosh, 1874 over its senior synonyms Borlasiidae Diesing, 1862 and Nemertidae Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea: Heteronemertea). <em>Species Diversity.</em> 27(1): 25–35., available online at https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.27.25 [details]
additional source Kajihara, H.; Smith, E. N. (2021). Case 3850 – Micruridae Dunn, 1931 (Reptilia, Serpentes) and Lineidae McIntosh, 1874 (Nemertea, Pilidiophora): proposed conservation by suppression of Micruridae Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea, Pilidiophora). <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 78(2): 112–130., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v78.a027 [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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lineidae)
To Genbank (from synonym Cerebratulidae Gibson, 1985)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lineidae)
To Genbank (from synonym Cerebratulidae Gibson, 1985)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
