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Lineidae McIntosh, 1874

Slabber (1778, pl. 08)
Slabber (1778, pl. 08)

122314  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122314)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nemertea (Phylum)
  4. Pilidiophora (Class)
  5. Heteronemertea (Order)
  6. Lineidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Aetheorhynchinae Chernyshev, 1995 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Borlasiea Diesing, 1862 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Borlasiidae Diesing, 1862 · unaccepted > nomen oblitum
Cerebratulidae Gibson, 1985 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chilineinae Chernyshev, 1995 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Epithetosomatidae Danielssen & Koren, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gorgonorhynchidae Gibson, 1985 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hinumanemertidae Iwata, 1972 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Lineinae McIntosh, 1873-1874 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Micruraea Ehrenberg, 1831 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Mixolineidae Gibson, 1985 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nemertidae Ehrenberg, 1831 · unaccepted > nomen oblitum
Panorhynchidae Gibson, 1985 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paralineidae Chernyshev, 1995, stat. emend. Chernyshev, 1999 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paralineinae Chernyshev, 1995 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Polybrachiorhynchidae Gibson, 1985 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polybranchiorhynchidae · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Pussylineidae Gibson, 1982 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Riseriellidae Tholleson & Norenburg, 2003 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (incorrect spelling of Riseriidae)
Riseriidae Chernyshev, 1995, stat. emend. Chernyshev, 1999 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Riseriinae Chernyshev, 1995 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Uchidanidae Iwata, 1972 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Zygeupoliinae Chernyshev, 1995 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Genus Adenorhagas Riser, 1990
  2. Genus Aetheolineus Senz, 1993
  3. Genus Aetheorhynchus Gibson, 1981
  4. Genus Ammolineus Senz, 2001
  5. Genus Amniclineus Gibson & Qi, 1991
  6. Genus Amorphonemertes Cantell, 1998
  7. Genus Antarctolineus Müller & Scripcariu, 1964
  8. Genus Apatronemertes Wilfert & Gibson, 1974
  9. Genus Archimicrura Chernyshev, 2025
  10. Genus Australineus Gibson, 1990
  11. Genus Bennettiella Gibson, 1982
  12. Genus Bilucernus Ikenaga, Maslakova, Yoshida & Kajihara, 2025
  13. Genus Cephalurichus Gibson, 1985
  14. Genus Cerebratulides Stiasny-Wijnhoff, 1942
  15. Genus Cerebratulina Gibson, 1990
  16. Genus Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804]
  17. Genus Chilineus Friedrich, 1970
  18. Genus Colemaniella Gibson, 1982
  19. Genus Corsoua Corrêa, 1963
  20. Genus Craticulineus Gibson, 1984
  21. Genus Diplopleura Stimpson, 1857
  22. Genus Dokonemertes Gibson, 1985
  23. Genus Dushia Corrêa, 1963
  24. Genus Eousia Gibson, 1990
  25. Genus Epithetosoma Danielssen & Koren, 1880
  26. Genus Euborlasia Vaillant, 1890
  27. Genus Evelineus Corrêa, 1954
  28. Genus Flaminga Corrêa, 1957
  29. Genus Fragilonemertes Riser, 1998
  30. Genus Gastropion Moretto, 1998
  31. Genus Gorgonorhynchus Dakin & Fordham, 1931
  32. Genus Heteroenopleus Wern, 1998
  33. Genus Heteronemertes Chernyshev, 1995
  34. Genus Hinumanemertes Iwata, 1970
  35. Genus Huilkalineus Senz, 1993
  36. Genus Huilkia de la Serna de Esteban & Moretto, 1968
  37. Genus Iwatanemertes Gibson, 1990
  38. Genus Junoya Chernyshev, 2025
  39. Genus Kirsteueria Gibson, 1978
  40. Genus Kohnia Sundberg & Gibson, 1995
  41. Genus Kukumia Gibson & Sundberg, 2002
  42. Genus Kulikovia Chernyshev, Polyakova, Turanov & Kajihara, 2017
  43. Genus Leucocephalonemertes Cantell, 1996
  44. Genus Lineopsella Friedrich, 1970
  45. Genus Lineopselloides Gibson, 1990
  46. Genus Lineopsis Staub, 1900; not Friedrich, 1958
  47. Genus Lineus Sowerby, 1805
  48. Genus Maculaura Hiebert & Maslakova, 2015
  49. Genus Micconemertes Gibson, 1997
  50. Genus Micrellides Gibson, 1985
  51. Genus Micrura Ehrenberg, 1828
  52. Genus Micrurides Friedrich, 1960
  53. Genus Micrurimorpha Korotkevich, 1980
  54. Genus Micrurina Stiasny-Wijnhoff, 1942
  55. Genus Micrurinella Friedrich, 1960
  56. Genus Mixolineus Müller & Scripcariu, 1971
  57. Genus Myorhynchonemertes Senz, 1997
  58. Genus Nemertoscolex Greeff, 1879
  59. Genus Nipponomicrura Chernyshev, 1995
  60. Genus Notospermus Huschke, 1830
  61. Genus Panorhynchus de la Serna de Esteban & Moretto, 1969
  62. Genus Paracerebratulus Senz, 1997
  63. Genus Paralineopsis Iwata, 1993
  64. Genus Paralineus Schütz, 1911
  65. Genus Paramicrura Gibson & Sundberg, 1992
  66. Genus Paramicrurinella Gibson, 1985
  67. Genus Pararosa Junoy & Verdes, 2025
  68. Genus Parborlasia Friedrich in Serna de Esteban & Moretto, 1968
  69. Genus Parvicirrus Riser, 1993
  70. Genus Peavinenemertes Iwata, 2011
  71. Genus Perissonemertes Gibson, 1990
  72. Genus Planolineus Beauchamp, 1928
  73. Genus Polybrachiorhynchus Gibson, 1977
  74. Genus Polydendrorhynchus Yin & Zeng, 1986
  75. Genus Pontolineus Müller & Scripcariu, 1964
  76. Genus Praealbonemertes Cantell, 1993
  77. Genus Pseudomicrura Strand & Sundberg, 2011
  78. Genus Pussylineus Corrêa, 1956
  79. Genus Quasilineus Gibson, 1981
  80. Genus Quasimicrura Chernyshev, 2025
  81. Genus Quasiutolineides Senz, 2001
  82. Genus Riseriellus Rogers, Junoy, Gibson & Thorpe, 1993
  83. Genus Riserius Norenburg, 1993
  84. Genus Siolineus Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1948
  85. Genus Siphonenteron Renier in Meneghini, 1847
  86. Genus Tarrhomyos Riser, 1993
  87. Genus Tenuilineus Riser, 1993
  88. Genus Uchidana Iwata, 1967
  89. Genus Uricholemma Sundberg & Gibson, 1995
  90. Genus Utolineides Senz, 1997
  91. Genus Utolineus Gibson, 1990
  92. Genus Wiotkenia de la Serna de Esteban & Moretto, 1969
  93. Genus Yininemertes Sun & Lu, 2008
  94. Genus Zodionemertes Gibson, 1985
  95. Genus Zygeupolia Thompson, 1900
  96. Subfamily Aetheorhynchinae Chernyshev, 1995 accepted as Lineidae McIntosh, 1874 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  97. Genus Alardus Busch, 1851 accepted as Micrura Ehrenberg, 1828 (Junior synonym)
  98. Genus Amniclineusa Dawson, 1993 accepted as Amniclineus Gibson & Qi, 1991 (Synonym)
  99. Genus Avenardia Giard, 1878 accepted as Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804] (synonym)
  100. Genus Bennettia Gibson, 1981 accepted as Bennettiella Gibson, 1982 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  101. Genus Borlasia Oken, 1815 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Genus was established for B angliae Oken, 1815 – now syn. with Lineus longissimus but the generic name has subsequently been used for species since transferred to several other genera. No valid Borlasia-species exist today.)
  102. Genus Cerebratula van Beneden, 1861 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  103. Subfamily Chilineinae Chernyshev, 1995 accepted as Lineidae McIntosh, 1874 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  104. Genus Cnidon Müller, 1854 accepted as Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804] (Pre-occupied name (Burger, 1904))
  105. Genus Colemania Gibson, 1981 accepted as Colemaniella Gibson, 1982 (Pre-occupied (Gibson, 1982))
  106. Genus Dendrorhynchus Yin & Zeng, 1984 (non Keilin, 1920) accepted as Polydendrorhynchus Yin & Zeng, 1986 (Homonym with Dendrorhynchus Keilin 1920, (Protozoa: Apicomplexa: Gregarinea))
  107. Subfamily Heteroenopleinae Wern, 1998 accepted as Lineidae McIntosh, 1874
  108. Genus Heterolineus Friedrich, 1935 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (Synonym)
  109. Genus Langia Hubrecht, 1879 accepted as Diplopleura Stimpson, 1857 (Synonymy)
  110. Genus Leodes Girard, 1853 accepted as Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804] (Synonymy)
  111. Subfamily Lineinae McIntosh, 1873-1874 accepted as Lineidae McIntosh, 1874 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  112. Genus Lineopsis Friedrich, 1958; not Staub, 1900 accepted as Lineopsella Friedrich, 1970 (Junior homonym)
  113. Genus Micrella Punnett, 1901 accepted as Zygeupolia Thompson, 1900 (Synonym for Zygeupolia Thompson, 1900 and junior homonym of Micrella Motschulsky, 1868, a beetle)
  114. Genus Myoisophagos Riser, 1994 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  115. Genus Myoisophagus Riser, 1994 accepted as Ramphogordius Rathke, 1843 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (lapsus calami)
  116. Genus Nemertes Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  117. Genus Neolineus Santos, 1974 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, Not published)
  118. Genus Notogymnus Ehrenberg, 1831 accepted as Notospermus Huschke, 1830 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  119. Genus Novoyinia Özdikmen, 2009 accepted as Yininemertes Sun & Lu, 2008 (objective junior synonym)
  120. Genus Ophiocephalus Blainville, 1828 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (synonym)
  121. Genus Paralinens accepted as Paralineus Schütz, 1911 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  122. Genus Parborlasia Friedrich, 1960 accepted as Parborlasia Friedrich in Serna de Esteban & Moretto, 1968 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, type species not designated)
  123. Genus Pseudolineus Friedrich, 1960 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  124. Genus Ramphogordius Rathke, 1843 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  125. Genus Renieria Girard, 1853 accepted as Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804] (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  126. Genus Rhamphogordius Rathke, 1843 accepted as Ramphogordius Rathke, 1843 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, lapsus calami)
  127. Subfamily Riseriinae Chernyshev, 1995 accepted as Lineidae McIntosh, 1874 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  128. Genus Stylus Johnston, 1865 accepted as Micrura Ehrenberg, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  129. Genus Uchidaja accepted as Uchidana Iwata, 1967 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, Misspelling)
  130. Genus Yinia Sun & Lu, 1998 accepted as Yininemertes Sun & Lu, 2008 (Homonym)
  131. Subfamily Zygeupoliinae Chernyshev, 1995 accepted as Lineidae McIntosh, 1874 (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  PDF available [request]
Nomenclature The date of publication has often been cited as "1873–1874", but it should correctly be "1874". McIntosh’s...  
Nomenclature The date of publication has often been cited as "1873–1874", but it should correctly be "1874". McIntosh’s (1873–1874) work was published in two parts, with pp. 1–96 and pls I–X being issued in 1873, and pp. 97–214 and pls XI–XXIII in 1874. The family name appeared in a diagram on p. 132 and as a taxonomic heading on p. 181, with a formal diagnosis on p. 136, so the publication date of McIntosh’s Lineidae is 1874 under Article 21.5 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (cf. Kajihara, 2022; Kajihara & Smith, 2022) [Note added by Kajihara, 2024]. [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Lineidae McIntosh, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122314 on 2025-05-20
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Nomenclature

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://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  PDF available [request]

original description (of Mixolineidae Gibson, 1985) Gibson, R. (1985). The need for a standard approach to taxonomic descriptions of nemerteans. American Zoologist, 25(1): 5-14, available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/3882805 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Gorgonorhynchidae Gibson, 1985) Gibson, R. (1985). The need for a standard approach to taxonomic descriptions of nemerteans. American Zoologist, 25(1): 5-14, available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/3882805 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Zygeupoliinae Chernyshev, 1995) Chernyshev, A. V. (1995). O vyssikh taksonakh nemertin s obzorom sistemy podklassa Anopla [On the higher taxa of the phylum Nemertea with the taxonomic review of the subclass Anopla]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 74(1): 7–18. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Paralineinae Chernyshev, 1995) Chernyshev, A. V. (1995). O vyssikh taksonakh nemertin s obzorom sistemy podklassa Anopla [On the higher taxa of the phylum Nemertea with the taxonomic review of the subclass Anopla]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 74(1): 7–18. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Riseriinae Chernyshev, 1995) Chernyshev, A. V. (1995). O vyssikh taksonakh nemertin s obzorom sistemy podklassa Anopla [On the higher taxa of the phylum Nemertea with the taxonomic review of the subclass Anopla]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 74(1): 7–18. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Borlasiea Diesing, 1862) Diesing K.M. (1862). Revision der Turbellarien. Abteilung: Rhabdocoelen. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 45: 191–318., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2010837
page(s): 199 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Micruraea Ehrenberg, 1831) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Phytozoa turbellaria Africana et Asiatica in Phytozoorum Tabula IV et V delineata. In: Hemprich, F.G., Ehrenberg, C.G. (Eds.), Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum quae ex itineribus per Libyam, Aegyptium, Nubiam, Dongalum, Syriam, Arabiam, et Habessiniam, pars zoologica II, animalia evertebrata exclusis insecti. <em>Berlin: Officina Academica.</em> 53-67 + Plates IV-V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517191
page(s): 57 [details] 

original description (of Chilineinae Chernyshev, 1995) Chernyshev, A. V. (1995). O vyssikh taksonakh nemertin s obzorom sistemy podklassa Anopla [On the higher taxa of the phylum Nemertea with the taxonomic review of the subclass Anopla]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 74(1): 7–18. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Aetheorhynchinae Chernyshev, 1995) Chernyshev, A. V. (1995). O vyssikh taksonakh nemertin s obzorom sistemy podklassa Anopla [On the higher taxa of the phylum Nemertea with the taxonomic review of the subclass Anopla]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 74(1): 7–18. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Pussylineidae Gibson, 1982) Gibson, R. (1982). Nemertea. <em>In: Parker, S. P. (ed.), Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisims, Volume 1. McGraw-Hill, New York.</em> Pp. 823–846. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] 

Other

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  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]

 
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Nomenclature The date of publication has often been cited as "1873–1874", but it should correctly be "1874". McIntosh’s (1873–1874) work was published in two parts, with pp. 1–96 and pls I–X being issued in 1873, and pp. 97–214 and pls XI–XXIII in 1874. The family name appeared in a diagram on p. 132 and as a taxonomic heading on p. 181, with a formal diagnosis on p. 136, so the publication date of McIntosh’s Lineidae is 1874 under Article 21.5 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (cf. Kajihara, 2022; Kajihara & Smith, 2022) [Note added by Kajihara, 2024]. [details]
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Japanese リネウス科  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gorgonorhynchidae) (from synonym Gorgonorhynchidae Gibson, 1985)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lineidae) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polybrachiorhynchidae) (from synonym Polybrachiorhynchidae Gibson, 1985)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Riseriellidae) (from synonym Riseriellidae Tholleson & Norenburg, 2003)
To Genbank (from synonym Riseriellidae Tholleson & Norenburg, 2003)
To Genbank (from synonym Gorgonorhynchidae Gibson, 1985)
To Genbank (from synonym Polybrachiorhynchidae Gibson, 1985)
To Genbank (from synonym Cerebratulidae Gibson, 1985)
To Genbank 
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) 
To ITIS
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Slabber (1778, pl. 08)
Slabber (1778, pl. 08)
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