RAS taxon details
Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799)
148605 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148605)
accepted
Species
Lineus nigricans Bürger, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148605 on 2026-08-07
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148605 on 2026-08-07
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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 Lineus nigricans Bürger, 1892) Bürger, O. (1892). Zur Systematik der Nemertinenfauna des Golfs von Neapel. <em>Nachrichten von der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften und der Georg-Augusts-Universität zu Göttingen.</em> 5: 137–178., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN252457072_1892?tify=%7B%22pages%22%3A%5B145%5D%2C%22pan%22%3A%7B%22x%22%3A0.25%2C%22y%22%3A0.854%7D%2C%22view%22%3A%22export%22%2C%22zoom%22%3A0.471%7D
page(s): 159 [details]
taxonomy source Ament-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 at https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13717 [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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 Pollock, 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 at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
source of synonymy Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
original description (of Lineus nigricans Bürger, 1892) Bürger, O. (1892). Zur Systematik der Nemertinenfauna des Golfs von Neapel. <em>Nachrichten von der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften und der Georg-Augusts-Universität zu Göttingen.</em> 5: 137–178., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN252457072_1892?tify=%7B%22pages%22%3A%5B145%5D%2C%22pan%22%3A%7B%22x%22%3A0.25%2C%22y%22%3A0.854%7D%2C%22view%22%3A%22export%22%2C%22zoom%22%3A0.471%7D
page(s): 159 [details]
taxonomy source Ament-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 at https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13717 [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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 Pollock, 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 at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
source of synonymy Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Marine Life Information Network - UK Note: See Identification note. (from synonym Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799))
To Barcode of Life (125 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (157 barcodes) (from synonym Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Lineus nigricans Bürger, 1892)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lineus sanguineus)
To GenBank (458 nucleotides; 300 proteins)
To GenBank (458 nucleotides; 300 proteins) (from synonym Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799))
To PESI Note: See Identification note. (from synonym Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (4 records) (from synonym Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096321)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (125 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (157 barcodes) (from synonym Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Lineus nigricans Bürger, 1892)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lineus sanguineus)
To GenBank (458 nucleotides; 300 proteins)
To GenBank (458 nucleotides; 300 proteins) (from synonym Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799))
To PESI Note: See Identification note. (from synonym Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (4 records) (from synonym Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096321)
To ITIS
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