WoRMS taxon details
Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774)
122536 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122536)
accepted
Species
Ascaris rubra (Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Borlasia gesserensis · unaccepted (synonym (partim))
Borlasia purpurea · unaccepted (synonym)
Borlasia rufa Rathke, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
Catenula gesserensis (Müller OF, 1774) · unaccepted > nomen nudum (misidentified; probably Lineus...)
misidentified; probably Lineus gesserensis, accepted as L. ruber
Cerebratulus fuscescens · unaccepted (synonym)
Fasciola rubra Müller, 1774 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gordius gesserensis (Müller, 1780) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lineus gesserensis ruber · unaccepted (synonym)
Lineus purpureus · unaccepted (synonym)
Meckelia carnea Diesing, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Meckelia fusca (Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes communis van Beneden, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nemertes fusca (Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes fuscescens · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes gesserensis · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes obscura sensu Desor, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes octoculata (Johnston, 1828) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Nemertes olivacea Johnston, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes opaca (Quatrefages, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nemertes purpurea Johnston, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes rufa (Rathke, 1843) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Notospermus gesserensis (Müller, 1784) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ommatoplea rubra (Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Planaria carnea Rathke, 1799 · unaccepted (synonym)
Planaria fusca Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted (synonym)
Planaria fuscescens Fabricius, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym, also Nemertes fuscescens)
Planaria gesserensis Müller OF, 1784 · unaccepted
Planaria octoculata Johnston, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Polia gracilis Girard, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)
Polia opaca Quatrefages, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polystemma carneum Müller, 1774 · unaccepted (synonym)
Poseidon colei Girard, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
Poseidon ruber (Müller, 1774) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Fasciola rubra Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344 [details] 
Distribution Artic south to Cape Cod and east of Long Island Sound but see Identification note.
Distribution Artic south to Cape Cod and east of Long Island Sound but see Identification note. [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2024). World Nemertea Database. Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122536 on 2024-11-21
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original description
(of Nemertes obscura sensu Desor, 1848) Desor, E. (1848). Embryologie von Nemertes. <em>Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und wissenschaftliche Medicin, in Verbindung mit mehreren Gelehrten.</em> 1848: 511–526., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14026 [details]
original description (of Fasciola rubra Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344 [details]
original description (of Planaria gesserensis Müller OF, 1784) Müller, O. F. (1784). Zoologia danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum historia descriptiones et historia. <em>[book].</em> [two volumes] 1: 1-103 / 2: 1-124 Weygand., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12938667 [details]
original description (of Polia gracilis Girard, 1851) Girard, C. (1851). Die Planarien und Nemertinen Nordamerika's. <em>In: Keller und Tiedemmann (eds) Nordamerikanische Monatsberichte für Natur- und Heilkunde. John Weik, Philadelphia.</em> 2(7): 1–5.
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Poseidon colei Girard, 1852) Girard, C. (1852). Descriptions of two new genera and two species of Nemertes. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 4: 185-186 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Meckelia carnea Diesing, 1850) Diesing, C.M. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. <em>W. Braumüller, Wien.</em> xiii[xvi] + 679 pp., available online at https://archive.org/details/systemahelminth00diesgoog/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater [details]
original description (of Nemertes communis van Beneden, 1861) Beneden, P. -J. van. (1861). Recherches sur la faune littorale de Belgique. Turbellariés. <em>Memoires de l'Academie royale des sciences de Belgique.</em> 32: 3–56, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32732165 [details]
original description (of Nemertes octoculata (Johnston, 1828)) Keferstein, Wilhelm. (1862). Untersuchungen über niedere Seethiere. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 12(1): 1-147 plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44977773 [details]
original description (of Nemertes olivacea Johnston, 1837) Johnston,G.; Sheby, P.J.; Jardine, W. (1837). Miscellanea Zoologica. <em>Magazine of zoology and botany.</em> pp: 530-538, plates 17-18. [details]
original description (of Nemertes purpurea Johnston, 1837) Johnston,G.; Sheby, P.J.; Jardine, W. (1837). Miscellanea Zoologica. <em>Magazine of zoology and botany.</em> pp: 530-538, plates 17-18. [details]
original description (of Polia opaca Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 202–203 [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 Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
additional source Bromley, J.E.C. & J.S. Bleakney. (1985). Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. <em>National Research Council of Canada Report, Halifax, N.S.</em> 24119: 366 PP. [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Cherneva, I. A.; Chernyshev, A. V.; Ekimova, I. A.; Polyakova, N. E.; Schepetov, D. M.; Turanov, S. V.; Neretina, T. V.; Chaban, E. M.; Malakhov, V. V. (2018). Species identity and genetic structure of nemerteans of the “<i>Lineus ruber–viridis</i>” complex (Müller, 1774) from Arctic waters. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 42(3): 497–506., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2438-7 [details]
source of synonymy Bürger, O. (1904). Nemertini. <em>Das Tierreich.</em> 20: 1–151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/898990 [details]
redescription Krämer, D.; Schmidt, C.; Podsiadlowski, L.; Beckers, P.; Horn, L.; von Döhren, J. (2016). Unravelling the Lineus ruber/viridis species complex (Nemertea, Heteronemertea). Zoologica Scripta, 46: 111-126, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12185
note: Most recent taxonomic treatment of complex, separating the two species and designating neotypes. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Fasciola rubra Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344 [details]
original description (of Planaria gesserensis Müller OF, 1784) Müller, O. F. (1784). Zoologia danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum historia descriptiones et historia. <em>[book].</em> [two volumes] 1: 1-103 / 2: 1-124 Weygand., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12938667 [details]
original description (of Polia gracilis Girard, 1851) Girard, C. (1851). Die Planarien und Nemertinen Nordamerika's. <em>In: Keller und Tiedemmann (eds) Nordamerikanische Monatsberichte für Natur- und Heilkunde. John Weik, Philadelphia.</em> 2(7): 1–5.
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Poseidon colei Girard, 1852) Girard, C. (1852). Descriptions of two new genera and two species of Nemertes. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 4: 185-186 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Meckelia carnea Diesing, 1850) Diesing, C.M. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. <em>W. Braumüller, Wien.</em> xiii[xvi] + 679 pp., available online at https://archive.org/details/systemahelminth00diesgoog/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater [details]
original description (of Nemertes communis van Beneden, 1861) Beneden, P. -J. van. (1861). Recherches sur la faune littorale de Belgique. Turbellariés. <em>Memoires de l'Academie royale des sciences de Belgique.</em> 32: 3–56, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32732165 [details]
original description (of Nemertes octoculata (Johnston, 1828)) Keferstein, Wilhelm. (1862). Untersuchungen über niedere Seethiere. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 12(1): 1-147 plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44977773 [details]
original description (of Nemertes olivacea Johnston, 1837) Johnston,G.; Sheby, P.J.; Jardine, W. (1837). Miscellanea Zoologica. <em>Magazine of zoology and botany.</em> pp: 530-538, plates 17-18. [details]
original description (of Nemertes purpurea Johnston, 1837) Johnston,G.; Sheby, P.J.; Jardine, W. (1837). Miscellanea Zoologica. <em>Magazine of zoology and botany.</em> pp: 530-538, plates 17-18. [details]
original description (of Polia opaca Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 202–203 [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 Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
additional source Bromley, J.E.C. & J.S. Bleakney. (1985). Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. <em>National Research Council of Canada Report, Halifax, N.S.</em> 24119: 366 PP. [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Cherneva, I. A.; Chernyshev, A. V.; Ekimova, I. A.; Polyakova, N. E.; Schepetov, D. M.; Turanov, S. V.; Neretina, T. V.; Chaban, E. M.; Malakhov, V. V. (2018). Species identity and genetic structure of nemerteans of the “<i>Lineus ruber–viridis</i>” complex (Müller, 1774) from Arctic waters. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 42(3): 497–506., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2438-7 [details]
source of synonymy Bürger, O. (1904). Nemertini. <em>Das Tierreich.</em> 20: 1–151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/898990 [details]
redescription Krämer, D.; Schmidt, C.; Podsiadlowski, L.; Beckers, P.; Horn, L.; von Döhren, J. (2016). Unravelling the Lineus ruber/viridis species complex (Nemertea, Heteronemertea). Zoologica Scripta, 46: 111-126, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12185
note: Most recent taxonomic treatment of complex, separating the two species and designating neotypes. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Artic south to Cape Cod and east of Long Island Sound but see Identification note. [details]Habitat Infralittoral of the Gulf of St Lawrence? and estuary but see Identification note. Littoral in Gulf of Maine, Bay of Fundy south to Cape Cod. [details]
Identification In NW Atlantic, Lineus ruber and Lineus viridis are commonly confused, especially with larger, dark-colored specimens. Head is reddish in former, greenish (but with reddish brain) in latter. [details]
Synonymy Borlasia gesserensis (partim) = Lineus ruber
Gordius gesserensis (partim) = Lineus ruber
Gordius minor (partim) = Lineus ruber
Lineus gesserensis (partim) = Lineus ruber
Lineus obscurus (partim) may be synonym to Lineus ruber , but there still is some uncertainty about the genusname of the first mentionned species [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | variabel slimbændel | [details] |
| Dutch | rode snoerworm | [details] |
| English | red ribbon wormred bootlace | [details] |
| French | némerte rouge | [details] |
| German | Roter Schnurwurmrote Nemertine | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Poseidon ruber (Müller, 1774))
To Barcode of Life (125 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Borlasia purpurea)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Polia gracilis Girard, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cerebratulus fuscescens)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Fasciola rubra Müller, 1774)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Catenula gesserensis (Müller OF, 1774))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gordius gesserensis (Müller, 1780))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) (from synonym Planaria fusca Fabricius, 1780)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications) Note: See Identification note.
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Borlasia rufa Rathke, 1843)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lineus ruber)
To GenBank (228 nucleotides; 193 proteins)
To PESI Note: See Identification note.
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (1 record) (from synonym Nemertes gesserensis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (9 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096332)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (125 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Borlasia purpurea)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Polia gracilis Girard, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cerebratulus fuscescens)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Fasciola rubra Müller, 1774)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Catenula gesserensis (Müller OF, 1774))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gordius gesserensis (Müller, 1780))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) (from synonym Planaria fusca Fabricius, 1780)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications) Note: See Identification note.
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Borlasia rufa Rathke, 1843)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lineus ruber)
To GenBank (228 nucleotides; 193 proteins)
To PESI Note: See Identification note.
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (1 record) (from synonym Nemertes gesserensis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (9 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096332)
To ITIS
