Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland
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Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774)
Red Ribbon Worm is a very common nemertean, typically found on muddy sand, beneath stones and boulders.Often can be found under rocks, in mussel beds, between barnacles, on rock-pool algae,especially Cladophora and Ceramium and among the holdfasts of the larger brown seaweeds.
Lineus ruber is not uncommonly occurring in brackish waters.The worm has 2 to 8 eyes in irregular Sort side of the head. It feeds on polychaetes, mussels and algae.
Synonymised names:
Borlasia gesserensis (synonym (partim))
Borlasia purpurea (synonym)
Borlasia rufa (synonym)
Cerebratulus fuscescens (synonym)
Fasciola rubra Müller, 1774 (synonym)
Lineus gesserensis ruber (synonym)
Lineus purpureus (synonym)
Meckelia carnea Diesing, 1850 (synonym)
Meckelia fusca (Fabricius, 1780) (synonym)
Nemertes communis Beneden, 1861 (junior synonym)
Nemertes fusca (Fabricius, 1780) (synonym)
Nemertes fuscescens (synonym)
Nemertes gesserensis (synonym)
Nemertes obscura sensu Desor, 1848 (synonym)
Nemertes octoculata Keferstein, 1862 (junior synonym)
Nemertes olivacea Johnston, 1837 (synonym)
Nemertes opaca (synonym)
Nemertes purpurea Johnston, 1837 (synonym)
Nemertes rufa (synonym)
Notospermus gesserensis (synonym)
Notospermus viridis (synonym)
Planaria carnea Rathke, 1799 (synonym)
Planaria fusca Fabricius, 1780 (synonym)
Planaria fuscescens Fabricius, 1798 (synonym, also Nemertes fuscescens)
Planaria gesserensis Müller, 1788 (synonym)
Planaria octoculata Johnston, 1828 (synonym)
Polia gracilis Girard, 1851 (synonym)
Polystemma carneum Müller, 1774 (synonym)
Poseidon colei Girard, 1852 (synonym)
Poseidon ruber Müller, 1774
Red Ribbon Worm is a very common nemertean, typically found on muddy sand, beneath stones and boulders.Often can be found under rocks, in mussel beds, between barnacles, on rock-pool algae,especially Cladophora and Ceramium and among the holdfasts of the larger brown seaweeds.
Lineus ruber is not uncommonly occurring in brackish waters.The worm has 2 to 8 eyes in irregular Sort side of the head. It feeds on polychaetes, mussels and algae.
Synonymised names:
Borlasia gesserensis (synonym (partim))
Borlasia purpurea (synonym)
Borlasia rufa (synonym)
Cerebratulus fuscescens (synonym)
Fasciola rubra Müller, 1774 (synonym)
Lineus gesserensis ruber (synonym)
Lineus purpureus (synonym)
Meckelia carnea Diesing, 1850 (synonym)
Meckelia fusca (Fabricius, 1780) (synonym)
Nemertes communis Beneden, 1861 (junior synonym)
Nemertes fusca (Fabricius, 1780) (synonym)
Nemertes fuscescens (synonym)
Nemertes gesserensis (synonym)
Nemertes obscura sensu Desor, 1848 (synonym)
Nemertes octoculata Keferstein, 1862 (junior synonym)
Nemertes olivacea Johnston, 1837 (synonym)
Nemertes opaca (synonym)
Nemertes purpurea Johnston, 1837 (synonym)
Nemertes rufa (synonym)
Notospermus gesserensis (synonym)
Notospermus viridis (synonym)
Planaria carnea Rathke, 1799 (synonym)
Planaria fusca Fabricius, 1780 (synonym)
Planaria fuscescens Fabricius, 1798 (synonym, also Nemertes fuscescens)
Planaria gesserensis Müller, 1788 (synonym)
Planaria octoculata Johnston, 1828 (synonym)
Polia gracilis Girard, 1851 (synonym)
Polystemma carneum Müller, 1774 (synonym)
Poseidon colei Girard, 1852 (synonym)
Poseidon ruber Müller, 1774
