Grania

Genus of annelids

For other uses, see Grania (disambiguation).

Grania

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Annelida
Clade:  | Pleistoannelida
Clade:  | Sedentaria
Class:  | Clitellata
Order:  | Tubificida
Family:  | Enchytraeidae
Genus:  | Grania
Southern, 1913 [1]
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

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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

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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.

Taxon identifiers

Grania|

* Wikidata: Q656290
* Wikispecies: Grania Southern
* AFD: Grania
* BOLD: 299340
* CoL: 84NVD
* EoL: 58303
* GBIF: 2308310
* IRMNG: 1266678
* ITIS: 68525
* NBN: NBNSYS0000175543
* NCBI: 167816
* NZOR: 8f7a20a1-12e6-417b-b1de-7f4a9b94fee8
* Open Tree of Life: 615279
* WoRMS: 137349

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