Lineus is a genus of nemertine worms, including the bootlace worm, arguably the longest animal alive. Lineus contains the following species:

  • Lineus acutifrons <small>Southern, 1913</small>
  • Lineus albifrons <small>Coe, 1934</small>
  • Lineus albocinctus <small>Verrill, 1900</small>
  • Lineus albonasus <small>Verrill, 1900</small>
  • Lineus alborostratus <small>Takakura, 1898</small>
  • Lineus albus
  • Lineus alienus <small>Bürger, 1895</small>
  • Lineus anellatus
  • Lineus angulosus <small>Korotkevich, 1978</small>
  • Lineus arenicola <small>(Verrill, 1873)</small>
  • Lineus atradentis <small>Korotkevich, 1978</small>
  • Lineus atrocaeruleus <small>(Schmarda, 1859)</small>
  • Lineus auripunctatus <small>(Grube, 1855)</small>
  • Lineus aurostriatus <small>(Bürger, 1890)</small>
  • Lineus australis
  • Lineus autrani <small>Joubin, 1905</small>
  • Lineus bergendali <small>Senz, 1996</small>
  • Lineus bilineatus <small>(Renier, 1804)</small>
  • Lineus binigrilinearis <small>Gibson, 1990</small>
  • Lineus bioculatus <small>Sundberg & Gibson, 1995</small>
  • Lineus bipunctatus <small>Takakura, 1898</small>
  • Lineus bonaerensis <small>Moretto, 1971</small>
  • Lineus boutani <small>(Joubin, 1893)</small>
  • Lineus callaris <small>Korotkevich, 1978</small>
  • Lineus cancelli <small>Iwata, 1954</small>
  • Lineus capensis <small>Wheeler, 1940</small>
  • Lineus caputornatus <small>Takakura, 1898</small>
  • Lineus cinereus <small>Punnett, 1903</small>
  • Lineus cingulatus <small>(Stimpson, 1855)</small>
  • Lineus coccinus <small>Bürger, 1892</small>
  • Lineus collaris <small>(Schmarda, 1859)</small>
  • Lineus coloratus <small>(Bürger, 1890)</small>
  • Lineus copus <small>Corrêa, 1958</small>
  • Lineus crosslandi <small>Punnett & Cooper, 1909</small>
  • Lineus desori <small>Schmidt, 1946</small>
  • Lineus dohrnii <small>(Hubrecht, 1879)</small>
  • Lineus fischeri <small>Senz, 1997</small>
  • Lineus flammeus
  • Lineus flavescens <small>Coe, 1904</small>
  • Lineus frauenfeldi <small>Senz, 1997</small>
  • Lineus fulvus <small>Iwata, 1954</small>
  • Lineus fuscoviridis <small>Takakura, 1898</small>
  • Lineus galbanus <small>(Bürger, 1890)</small>
  • Lineus gesserensis <small>(O. F. Müller, 1774)</small>
  • Lineus gilbus <small>Bürger, 1892</small>
  • Lineus gilviceps <small>Sundberg & Gibson, 1995</small>
  • Lineus glaucus <small>(Bürger, 1890)</small>
  • Lineus grubei <small>(Hubrecht, 1879)</small>
  • Lineus hancocki <small>Punnett & Cooper, 1909</small>
  • Lineus hiatti <small>Coe, 1947</small>
  • Lineus hubrechti <small>(Langerhans, 1880)</small>
  • Lineus indicus <small>Punnett & Cooper, 1909</small>
  • Lineus insignis <small>Senz, 1993</small>
  • Lineus iota <small>Joubin, 1902</small>
  • Lineus islandicus <small>Friedrich, 1958</small>
  • Lineus kennelii <small>Bürger, 1892</small>
  • Lineus kolaensis <small>Ushakov, 1928</small>
  • Lineus kristinebergensis <small>Gering, 1912</small>
  • Lineus lacticapitatus <small>Wheeler, 1940</small>
  • Lineus lancearius <small>Korotkevich, 1978</small>
  • Lineus levinensis <small>Korotkevich, 1978</small>
  • Lineus linearis <small>Montagu, 1808</small>
  • Lineus lobianki <small>Bürger, 1892</small>
  • Lineus longifissus <small>sensu Takakura, 1898</small>
  • Lineus longifissus <small>sensu Iwata, 1952</small>
  • Lineus longissimus <small>(Gunnerus, 1770)</small>
  • Lineus marisalbi <small>Ushakov, 1926</small>
  • Lineus mascarensis <small>Punnett & Cooper, 1909</small>
  • Lineus mcintoshii <small>(Langerhans, 1880)</small>
  • Lineus molochinus <small>Bürger, 1892</small>
  • Lineus monolineatus <small>Staub, 1900</small>
  • Lineus nigrobrunneus <small>Bergendal, 1903</small>
  • Lineus nigrofuscus <small>(Stimpson, 1857)</small>
  • Lineus nigrostriatus <small>Iwata, 1954</small>
  • Lineus nipponensis <small>Senz, 2001</small>
  • Lineus obscurus
  • Lineus oculatus
  • Lineus orientalis <small>Punnett & Cooper, 1901</small>
  • Lineus ornatus <small>Wheeler, 1940</small>
  • Lineus pallidus <small>Verrill, 1879</small>
  • Lineus parvulus <small>Bürger, 1892</small>
  • Lineus patulus <small>Isler, 1900</small>
  • Lineus pictifrons <small>Coe, 1904</small>
  • Lineus picus <small>Corrêa, 1958</small>
  • Lineus polyophthalmus <small>(Schmarda, 1859)</small>
  • Lineus pseudoruber <small>(Friedrich, 1935)</small>
  • Lineus psittacinus <small>(Bürger, 1890)</small>
  • Lineus quadratus <small>Korotkevich, 1978</small>
  • Lineus ramosus <small>Isler, 1900</small>
  • Lineus rovinjensis <small>Senz, 1995</small>
  • Lineus ruber <small>(Müller, 1774)</small>
  • Lineus rubescens <small>Coe, 1904</small>
  • Lineus rufocaudatus <small>Bürger, 1892</small>
  • Lineus sainthilairi <small>Ushakov, 1926</small>
  • Lineus sanguineus <small> (Rathke, 1799)</small>
  • Lineus scandinaviensis <small>Punnett, 1903</small>
  • Lineus schmidti <small>Korotkevich, 1978</small>
  • Lineus schultzei <small>Senz, 2001</small>
  • Lineus sowerbyi <small>Senz, 2001</small>
  • Lineus spatiosus <small>Iwata, 1954</small>
  • Lineus stigmatus <small>Coe, 1951</small>
  • Lineus subcingulatus <small>Takakura, 1898</small>
  • Lineus torquatus <small>Coe, 1901</small>
  • Lineus trilobulatus <small>Korotkevich, 1978</small>
  • Lineus truncatus <small>(Hubrecht, 1887)</small>
  • Lineus turqueti <small>Joubin, 1905</small>
  • Lineus variegatus <small>Chapuis, 1886</small>
  • Lineus versicolor <small>Bürger, 1892</small>
  • Lineus viridis <small>(Müller, 1774)</small>
  • Lineus viridis <small>Saint-Loup, 1886</small>
  • Lineus vittatus <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)</small>
  • Lineus viviparus <small>Isler, 1900</small>

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