Lineus

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Lineus is a genus of nemertine worms, including the bootlace worm, arguably the longest animal alive. Lineus contains the following species: *Lineus acutifrons Southern, 1913 *Lineus albifrons Coe, 1934 *Lineus albocinctus Verrill, 1900 *Lineus albonasus Verrill, 1900 *Lineus alborostratus Takakura, 1898 *Lineus albus *Lineus alienus Bürger, 1895 *Lineus anellatus *Lineus angulosus Korotkevich, 1978 *Lineus arenicola (Verrill, 1873) *Lineus atradentis Korotkevich, 1978 *Lineus atrocaeruleus (Schmarda, 1859) *Lineus auripunctatus (Grube, 1855) *Lineus aurostriatus (Bürger, 1890) *Lineus australis *Lineus autrani Joubin, 1905 *Lineus bergendali Senz, 1996 *Lineus bilineatus (Renier, 1804) *Lineus binigrilinearis Gibson, 1990 *Lineus bioculatus Sundberg & Gibson, 1995 *Lineus bipunctatus Takakura, 1898 *Lineus bonaerensis Moretto, 1971 *Lineus boutani (Joubin, 1893) *Lineus callaris Korotkevich, 1978 *Lineus cancelli Iwata, 1954 *Lineus capensis Wheeler, 1940 *Lineus caputornatus Takakura, 1898 *Lineus cinereus Punnett, 1903 *Lineus cingulatus (Stimpson, 1855) *Lineus coccinus Bürger, 1892 *Lineus collaris (Schmarda, 1859) *Lineus coloratus (Bürger, 1890) *Lineus copus Corrêa, 1958 *Lineus crosslandi Punnett & Cooper, 1909 *Lineus desori Schmidt, 1946 *Lineus dohrnii (Hubrecht, 1879) *Lineus fischeri Senz, 1997 *Lineus flammeus *Lineus flavescens Coe, 1904 *Lineus frauenfeldi Senz…

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