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, 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 (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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