Grania

Grania
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Clade:	Sedentaria
Class:	Clitellata
Order:	Tubificida
Family:	Enchytraeidae
Genus:	Grania; Southern, 1913
Synonyms
	Hemigrania Lasserre, 1971

Grania is a genus of marine annelid worms in the class Clitellata. They are found at many depths in sands throughout the world. They are generally about 2 centimetres (0.79 in) in length and mostly colorless or white, though Grania colorata, a recently discovered species found in the Great Barrier Reef, is green.

Species

There are 72 species in the genus Grania which have been identified. They include:^[2]^[3]

Grania acanthochaeta Rota & Erséus, 1996
Grania algida Rota & Erséus, 1996
Grania alliata Coates & Stacey, 1993
Grania americana Kennedy, 1966
Grania angustinasus Rota & Erséus, 1996
Grania antarctica Rota & Erséus, 1996
Grania aquitana Rota & Erseus, 2003
Grania ascophora Coates, 1990
Grania atlantica Coates & Erséus, 1985
Grania bekkouchei Prantoni, De Wit & Erséus, 2016
Grania bermudensis Erséus & Lasserre, 1976

An individual of an undescribed Chilean species of *Grania* (Photo by Pierre De Wit)

Grania brasiliensis Prantoni, De Wit & Erséus, 2016
Grania breviductus De Wit, Rota & Erséus, 2009
Grania bykane Coates, 1990
Grania canaria Rota & Erseus, 2003
Grania capensis Prantoni, De Wit & Erséus, 2016
Grania carchinii Rota & Erséus, 1996
Grania carolinensis Prantoni, De Wit & Erséus, 2016
Grania cinctura De Wit & Erséus, 2007
Grania chilensis Prantoni, De Wit & Erséus, 2016
Grania colorata De Wit, Rota & Erséus, 2009
Grania conjuncta Coates & Stacey, 1993
Grania crassiducta Coates, 1990
Grania curta De Wit & Erséus, 2007
Grania cryptica Prantoni, De Wit & Erséus, 2016
Grania darwinensis Coates & Stacey, 1997)
Grania dolichura Rota & Erséus, 2000
Grania ersei Coates, 1990
Grania euristila Coates & Stacey, 1997
Grania fiscellata De Wit & Erséus, 2007
Grania fortunata Rota & Erseus, 2003
Grania fustata De Wit & Erséus, 2007
Grania galbina De Wit & Erséus, 2007
Grania hastula Coates, 1990
Grania hinojosai Prantoni, De Wit & Erséus, 2016
Grania hirsuticauda Rota & Erséus, 1996
Grania homochaeta De Wit, Rota & Erséus, 2009
Grania hongkongensis Erséus, 1990
Grania hylae Locke & Coates, 1999
Grania hyperoadenia Coates, 1990
Grania incerta Coates & Erséus, 1980
Grania inermis Erséus, 1990
Grania integra Coates & Stacey, 1997
Grania lasserrei Rota & Erséus, 1997
Grania laxarta Locke & Coates, 1999
Grania levis Coates, 1985
Grania longiducta Erséus & Lasserre, 1976
Grania longistyla Coates & Stacey, 1993
Grania macrochaeta Pierantoni, 1901)
Grania mangeri Michaelsen, 1914)
Grania maricola Southern, 1913
Grania mauretanica Rota & Erseus, 2003
Grania mira Locke & Coates, 1998
Grania monochaeta Michaelsen, 1888)
Grania monospermatheca Erséus & Lasserre, 1976
Grania novacaledonia De Wit & Erséus, 2007
Grania ocarina Rota, Erséus & Wang, 2003
Grania occulta De Wit & Erséus, 2010
Grania ovitheca Erséus, 1977
Grania pacifica Shurova, 1979
Grania papillata De Wit & Erséus, 2007
Grania papillinasus Rota & Erseus, 2003
Grania parvitheca Erséus, 1980
Grania paucispina Eisen, 1904)
Grania postclitellochaeta Knöllner, 1935)
Grania principissae Michaelsen, 1907)
Grania pusilla Erséus, 1974
Grania quaerens Rota, Wang & Erséus, 2007
Grania reducta Coates, 1985
Grania regina De Wit, Rota & Erséus, 2009
Grania roscoffensis Lasserre, 1967
Grania simonae Prantoni, De Wit & Erséus, 2016
Grania sperantia Rota, Wang & Erséus, 2007
Grania stephensoniana Rota & Erséus, 1997
Grania stilifera Erséus, 1990
Grania tasmaniae Rota & Erséus, 2000
Grania torosa Rota & Erseus, 2003
Grania trichaeta Jamieson, 1977
Grania unitheca Prantoni, De Wit & Erséus, 2016
Grania vacivasa Coates & Stacey, 1993
Grania variochaeta Erséus & Lasserre, 1976
Grania vikinga Rota & Erseus, 2003

References

^ T. Timm, & C. Erséus (2009). "Grania Southern, 1913". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 22, 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Grania Southern, 1913".
^ Prantoni, Alessandro L., De Wit, Pierre & Christer Erséus (2016). First reports of Grania (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) from Africa and South America: molecular phylogeny and descriptions of nine new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 176: 485-510.

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[1] T. Timm, & C. Erséus (2009). "Grania Southern, 1913". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 22, 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Grania Southern, 1913".

[3] Prantoni, Alessandro L., De Wit, Pierre & Christer Erséus (2016). First reports of Grania (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) from Africa and South America: molecular phylogeny and descriptions of nine new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 176: 485-510.

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