Lineus ruber is living between the rocks at shore areas in Bergen and elsewhere. It is a predator with a direct development. We investigated several aspects of their lives and now focus on their blood.
Publications with Lineus ruber:
Orús-Alcalde A, Børve A, Hejnol A (2023) The localization of Toll and Imd pathway and complement system components and their response to Vibrio infection in the nemertean Lineus ruber. BMC Biology 21: 7 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01482-1
Gąsiorowski L, Børve A, Cherneva IA, Orus-Alcalde A, Hejnol A (2021) Molecular and morphological analysis of the developing nemertean brain indicates convergent evolution of complex brains in Spiralia. BMC Biol 19: 175 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01113-1
Martín-Durán JM, Pang K, Børve A, Semmler Lê H, Furu A, Cannon JT, Jondelius U, Hejnol A (2018) Convergent evolution of bilaterian nerve cords Nature 553, 45-50 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25030
Martín-Durán JM, Vellutini BC, Hejnol A (2015) The evolution and development of the adelphophagic, intracapsular Schmidt’s larva of the nemertean Lineus ruber. EvoDevo 6:28 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13227-015-0023-5