''Lineus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

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, 1997 *'' Lineus fulvus'' Iwata, 1954 *'' Lineus fuscoviridis'' Takakura, 1898 *'' Lineus galbanus'' (Bürger, 1890) *'' Lineus gesserensis'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) *'' Lineus gilbus'' Bürger, 1892 *'' Lineus gilviceps'' Sundberg & Gibson, 1995 *'' Lineus glaucus'' (Bürger, 1890) *'' Lineus grubei'' (Hubrecht, 1879) *'' Lineus hancocki'' Punnett & Cooper, 1909 *'' Lineus hiatti'' Coe, 1947 *'' Lineus hubrechti'' (Langerhans, 1880) *'' Lineus indicus'' Punnett & Cooper, 1909 *'' Lineus insignis'' Senz, 1993 *'' Lineus iota'' Joubin, 1902 *'' Lineus islandicus'' Friedrich, 1958 *'' Lineus kennelii'' Bürger, 1892 *'' Lineus kolaensis'' Ushakov, 1928 *'' Lineus kristinebergensis'' Gering, 1912 *'' Lineus lacticapitatus'' Wheeler, 1940 *'' Lineus lancearius'' Korotkevich, 1978 *'' Lineus levinensis'' Korotkevich, 1978 *'' Lineus linearis'' Montagu, 1808 *'' Lineus lobianki'' Bürger, 1892 *'' Lineus longifissus'' ''sensu'' Takakura, 1898 *'' Lineus longifissus'' ''sensu'' Iwata, 1952 *''

Lineus longissimus The bootlace worm (''Lineus longissimus'') is a species of ribbon worm and one of the longest known animals, with specimens up to long being reported, although this has not been confirmed. Its mucus is highly toxic. Taxonomy The bootlace worm i ...

'' (Gunnerus, 1770) *'' Lineus marisalbi'' Ushakov, 1926 *'' Lineus mascarensis'' Punnett & Cooper, 1909 *'' Lineus mcintoshii'' (Langerhans, 1880) *'' Lineus molochinus'' Bürger, 1892 *'' Lineus monolineatus'' Staub, 1900 *'' Lineus nigrobrunneus'' Bergendal, 1903 *'' Lineus nigrofuscus'' (Stimpson, 1857) *'' Lineus nigrostriatus'' Iwata, 1954 *'' Lineus nipponensis'' Senz, 2001 *'' Lineus obscurus'' *'' Lineus oculatus'' *'' Lineus orientalis'' Punnett & Cooper, 1901 *'' Lineus ornatus'' Wheeler, 1940 *'' Lineus pallidus'' Verrill, 1879 *'' Lineus parvulus'' Bürger, 1892 *'' Lineus patulus'' Isler, 1900 *'' Lineus pictifrons'' Coe, 1904 *'' Lineus picus'' Corrêa, 1958 *'' Lineus polyophthalmus'' (Schmarda, 1859) *'' Lineus pseudoruber'' (Friedrich, 1935) *'' Lineus psittacinus'' (Bürger, 1890) *'' Lineus quadratus'' Korotkevich, 1978 *'' Lineus ramosus'' Isler, 1900 *'' Lineus rovinjensis'' Senz, 1995 *'' Lineus ruber'' (Müller, 1774) *'' Lineus rubescens'' Coe, 1904 *'' Lineus rufocaudatus'' Bürger, 1892 *'' Lineus sainthilairi'' Ushakov, 1926 *'' Lineus sanguineus'' (Rathke, 1799) *'' Lineus scandinaviensis'' Punnett, 1903 *'' Lineus schmidti'' Korotkevich, 1978 *'' Lineus schultzei'' Senz, 2001 *'' Lineus sowerbyi'' Senz, 2001 *'' Lineus spatiosus'' Iwata, 1954 *'' Lineus stigmatus'' Coe, 1951 *'' Lineus subcingulatus'' Takakura, 1898 *'' Lineus torquatus'' Coe, 1901 *'' Lineus trilobulatus'' Korotkevich, 1978 *'' Lineus truncatus'' (Hubrecht, 1887) *'' Lineus turqueti'' Joubin, 1905 *'' Lineus variegatus'' Chapuis, 1886 *'' Lineus versicolor'' Bürger, 1892 *'' Lineus viridis'' (Müller, 1774) *'' Lineus viridis'' Saint-Loup, 1886 *'' Lineus vittatus'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) *'' Lineus viviparus'' Isler, 1900

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2854774 Lineidae Nemertea genera