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{{Short description|Genus of ribbon worms}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name = ''Lineus''
| image = Lineus longissimus retouched.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Lineus longissimus]]''
| taxon = Lineus
| authority = Sowerby, 1806
}}

'''''Lineus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Nemertea|nemertine worms]], including the [[Lineus longissimus|bootlace worm]], arguably the longest animal alive. ''Lineus'' contains the following species:<ref>{{Cite WoRMS |author=R. Gibson |year=2011 |title=''Lineus'' |db=Nemertea |id=122358 |access-date=December 4, 2011}}</ref>
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*''[[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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[[Category:Lineidae]]
[[Category:Nemertea genera]]