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Lineus viridis (Müller, 1774)

Specimen from the White Sea
Specimen from the White Sea

122543 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122543)

accepted
Species
marine
(of ) 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] / Vol. 1 [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
page(s): 59 [details] OpenAccess publication
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Lineus viridis (Müller, 1774). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122543 on 2026-09-15
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Lineus viridis (Müller, 1774). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=122543 on 2026-09-15
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gibson, Raymond
2005-07-18 07:07:26Z
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Gibson, Raymond

original description (of Lineus gurjanovae Korotkevich, 1977) Korotkevich, V. S. (1977). On two new species of genus Lineus (Heteronemertini) and the origin of two lobes on the posterior end of the body of nemerteans [O dvukh novykh vidakh Lineus (Heteronemertini) i proiskhozhdenii dvulopastnogo zadnego kontsa tela u nemertin]. Issledovaniia Fauny Morei, 21(29): 22-38 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Lineus uschakovi Korotkevich, 1977) Korotkevich, V. S. (1977). On two new species of genus Lineus (Heteronemertini) and the origin of two lobes on the posterior end of the body of nemerteans [O dvukh novykh vidakh Lineus (Heteronemertini) i proiskhozhdenii dvulopastnogo zadnego kontsa tela u nemertin]. Issledovaniia Fauny Morei, 21(29): 22-38 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of ) 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] / Vol. 1 [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
page(s): 59 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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] Available for editors  PDF available

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  PDF available

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

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  PDF available

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  PDF available

biology source Desor, E. (1848). On the embryology of Nemertes, with an appendix on the embryonic development of Polynöe; and remarks upon the embryology of marine worms in general. Boston Journal of Natural History, 6: 1-18, available online at http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Oi4_AAAAYAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP9&dq=Desor+on+the+embryology+of+nemertes&ots=tE4byJIWe_&sig=s_w1k1Kg9z3nwYN2oXS3DAdDtCg#v=onepage&q=Desor%20on%20the%20embryology%20of%20nemertes&f=false [details] 
 
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To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Poseidon viridis (Müller, 1774))
To Barcode of Life (154 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)  Note: See Identification note. 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lineus viridis) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)  Note: See Identification note. 
To PESI (from synonym Poseidon viridis (Müller, 1774))
To PESI  Note: See Identification note. 
To PESI (from synonym Lineus gurjanovae Korotkevich, 1977)
To PESI (from synonym Lineus uschakovi Korotkevich, 1977)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database