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