RAMS taxon details
Lineidae McIntosh, 1874
122314 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122314)
accepted
Family
Cerebratulidae Gibson, 1985 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Antarctolineus Müller & Scripcariu, 1964
- Genus Cephalurichus Gibson, 1985
- Genus Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804]
- Genus Chilineus Friedrich, 1970
- Genus Dokonemertes Gibson, 1985
- Genus Heteronemertes Chernyshev, 1995
- Genus Huilkia de la Serna de Esteban & Moretto, 1968
- Genus Lineus Sowerby, 1805
- Genus Micrellides Gibson, 1985
- Genus Micrura Ehrenberg, 1828
- Genus Paramicrurinella Gibson, 1985
- Genus Parborlasia Friedrich in Serna de Esteban & Moretto, 1968
- Genus Wiotkenia de la Serna de Esteban & Moretto, 1969
- Genus Zodionemertes Gibson, 1985
- 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://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577661 [details] 
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2026). World Nemertea Database. Lineidae McIntosh, 1874. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122314 on 2026-09-25
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Lineidae McIntosh, 1874. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122314 on 2026-09-25
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original description
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://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577661 [details]
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 Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.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 Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [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]
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 Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.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 Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [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]
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
