Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Nemertea > Class Palaeonemertea > Family Cephalothricidae > Genus Cephalothrix

Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke, 1799)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cephalothrix*	Örsted, 1843	accepted genus name
*Cephalotrichella*	Wijnhoff, 1913	synonym
*Procephalothrix*	Wijnhoff, 1913	synonym

Species group names

*Planaria linearis*	Rathke, 1799	basionym
*Astemma longum*		synonym
*Borlasia cephalothrix*		synonym
*Borlasia linearis*		synonym
*Borlasia longa*		synonym
*Cephalothrix caeca*		synonym
*Cephalothrix coeca*		synonym
*Cephalothrix linearlis*		synonym
*Cephalothrix lineatus*		synonym
*Planaria linearis*	Rathke, 1799	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 152-156
additional source	Gibson, R. (2005) Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK
additional source	Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
additional source	Senz, W. 1993. Nemertinen europäischer Küstenbereiche (Nebst erganzenden Angaben zur Anatomie von Apatronemertes albimaculosa Wilfert//Gibson 1974). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B Botanik und Zoologie, 94/95: 47-145.
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gibson, R. (2014). Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke, 1799). In: Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R. (2014) World Nemertea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122596