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Family: Lineidae (See list of species below)

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64 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Antarctolineus scotti []	No picture found Cerebratulina natans []	No picture found Cerebratulus albifrons []
No picture found Cerebratulus australis []	No picture found Cerebratulus californiensis [Light-edged ribbon worm]	No picture found Cerebratulus darvelli []
No picture found Cerebratulus fasciatus []	No picture found Cerebratulus fuscus []	No picture found Cerebratulus haddoni []
No picture found Cerebratulus herculeus []	No picture found Cerebratulus johnstoni []	No picture found Cerebratulus longiceps []
No picture found Cerebratulus magneticus []	No picture found Cerebratulus malvini []	No picture found Cerebratulus marginatus []
No picture found Cerebratulus montgomeryi [Rose ribbon worm]	No picture found Cerebratulus occidentalis []	No picture found Cerebratulus queenslandicus []
No picture found Cerebratulus rubellus []	No picture found Cerebratulus sinensis []	No picture found Dushia nigra []
No picture found Eousia verticivaria []	No picture found Euborlasia maycoli []	No picture found Heteronemertes longifissus []
No picture found Iwatanemertes piperata []	No picture found Lineopselloides albilineus []	No picture found Lineus acutifrons []
No picture found Lineus alborostratus []	No picture found Lineus binigrilinearis []	No picture found Lineus cingulatus []
No picture found Lineus flavescens []	No picture found Lineus fulvus []	Lineus longissimus [Bootlace worm]
No picture found Lineus ruber [Red ribbon worm]	No picture found Lineus rubescens []	No picture found Lineus sanguineus []
No picture found Lineus spatiosus []	No picture found Lineus torquatus []	No picture found Lineus viridis []
No picture found Micconemertes orientalis []	No picture found Micrura achrostocephala []	No picture found Micrura akkeshiensis []
No picture found Micrura alaskensis []	No picture found Micrura bella []	No picture found Micrura callima []
No picture found Micrura chlorapardalis []	No picture found Micrura fasciolata []	No picture found Micrura ignea []
No picture found Micrura magna []	No picture found Micrura pardalis []	No picture found Micrura rubramaculosa []
No picture found Micrura uchidai []	No picture found Micrura verrilli [Purple ribbon worm]	No picture found Micrura wilsoni []
No picture found Oxypolia beaumontiana []	No picture found Paramicrura borborophila []	Parborlasia corrugatus []
No picture found Perissonemertes pyrrhocephala []	No picture found Praealbonemertes whangateaunienses []	No picture found Quasilineus sinicus []
No picture found Siphonenteron bilineatum []	No picture found Utolineus uberis []	No picture found Yinia pratensis []
No picture found Zygeupolia rubens []

64 Species of Family Lineidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Antarctolineus scotti		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Cerebratulina natans		Western Pacific	15 TL
Cerebratulus albifrons		Northeast Pacific
Cerebratulus australis		Western Pacific Ocean
Cerebratulus californiensis	Light-edged ribbon worm	Eastern Pacific	5 TL
Cerebratulus darvelli		Northwest Pacific	7 TL
Cerebratulus fasciatus		Northwest Pacific
Cerebratulus fuscus		Northern Atlantic and the
Cerebratulus haddoni		Western Central Pacific
Cerebratulus herculeus		Northwest Pacific
Cerebratulus johnstoni		Indo-Pacific Ocean
Cerebratulus longiceps		Northeast Pacific	30 TL
Cerebratulus magneticus		Western Central Pacific
Cerebratulus malvini		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Cerebratulus marginatus		Arctic, Pacific Ocean, At
Cerebratulus montgomeryi	Rose ribbon worm	Northern Pacific and the
Cerebratulus occidentalis		Northwest Pacific
Cerebratulus queenslandicus		Western Central Pacific
Cerebratulus rubellus		Northwest Pacific
Cerebratulus sinensis		Northwest Pacific
Dushia nigra		Northwest Pacific
Eousia verticivaria		Northwest Pacific	3.3 TL
Euborlasia maycoli		Western Central Atlantic
Heteronemertes longifissus		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Iwatanemertes piperata		Northwest Pacific	17 TL
Lineopselloides albilineus		Northwest Pacific	14 TL
Lineus acutifrons		Northeast Atlantic
Lineus alborostratus		Northwest Pacific
Lineus binigrilinearis		Northwest Pacific	3.5 TL
Lineus cingulatus		Northwest Pacific
Lineus flavescens		East Central Pacific	12 TL
Lineus fulvus		Northwest Pacific
Lineus longissimus	Bootlace worm	Northeast Atlantic
Lineus ruber	Red ribbon worm	Arctic, Northeast Atlanti
Lineus rubescens		Canada
Lineus sanguineus		Northeast Atlantic
Lineus spatiosus		Northwest Pacific
Lineus torquatus		Northern Pacific	40 TL
Lineus viridis		Northern Atlantic, Northe
Micconemertes orientalis		Northwest Pacific
Micrura achrostocephala		Northwest Pacific
Micrura akkeshiensis		Northwest Pacific
Micrura alaskensis		Pacific Ocean and the Arc	60 TL
Micrura bella		Northern Pacific
Micrura callima		Western Pacific.
Micrura chlorapardalis		Central Pacific
Micrura fasciolata		Northeast Atlantic
Micrura ignea		Central Pacific
Micrura magna		Northwest Pacific
Micrura pardalis		Canada
Micrura rubramaculosa		Central Pacific
Micrura uchidai		Northwest Pacific
Micrura verrilli	Purple ribbon worm	Northeast Pacific
Micrura wilsoni		Canada
Oxypolia beaumontiana		Northeast Atlantic
Paramicrura borborophila		Northwest Pacific
Parborlasia corrugatus		Antarctic.
Perissonemertes pyrrhocephala		Northwest Pacific	3.9 TL
Praealbonemertes whangateaunienses		Southwest Pacific	33.5 TL
Quasilineus sinicus		Northwest Pacific	12 TL
Siphonenteron bilineatum		Atlantic, Indo-Pacific an	20 TL
Utolineus uberis		Northwest Pacific	4.5 TL
Yinia pratensis		Northwest Pacific	14 TL
Zygeupolia rubens		Canada

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