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. Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148605 on 2025-07-17
original descriptionRathke, 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(ofLineus nigricans Bürger, 1893)Bürger, O. (1893). Südgeorgische und andere exotische Nemertinen. Zoologischer Jahrbücher, Abteilungen Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 7: 207-240[details] Available for editors [request]
original description(ofNemertes socialis Leidy, 1855)Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120[details]
basis of recordHayward, 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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy sourceAment-Velásquez, S. L.; Figuet, E.; Ballenghien, M.; Zattara, E. E.; Norenburg, J. L.; Fernández-Álvarez, F. A.; Bierne, J.; Bierne, N.; Galtier, N. (2016). Population genomics of sexual and asexual lineages in fissiparous ribbon worms (<i>Lineus</i>, Nemertea): hybridization, polyploidy and the Meselson effect. <em>Molecular Ecology.</em> 25(14): 3356–3369., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13717[details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymyGibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK.[details]
Other
additional sourcePollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online athttp://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C[details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Classification Since Ament-Velásquez et al. 2016 Ramphogordius lacteus and R. sanguineus are now Lineus lacteus and L. sanguineus [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Argentinean part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Uruguayan part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Uruguayan part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Argentinean part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins [details]