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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