WoRMS taxon details

Grania maricola Southern, 1913

137413  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137413)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Southern, R. (1913). Clare Island Survey. Part 48: Oligochaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (B).</em> pp 1–14. [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Note 2 immature specimens from Clew Bay, Clare...  
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Type locality 2 immature specimens from Clew Bay, Clare Island, Ireland at a depth of 24 fathoms (=43.8m); Mature specimens in Dingle Bay at 19-20 fathoms (=34.7-36.5m) and probably also Blacksod bay (immatures only on south shore of Elly Bay). He drew the adults from Dingle Bay (SW Ireland), so this locality can be considered type locality [details]
Distribution Ireland, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.  
Distribution Ireland, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. [details]

Etymology Southern named this species 'maricola' for it was the first ever oligochaete found below the low-water mark. (mare=sea,...  
Etymology Southern named this species 'maricola' for it was the first ever oligochaete found below the low-water mark. (mare=sea, -cola = living in) [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2024). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Grania maricola Southern, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137413 on 2024-04-23
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2005-07-18 12:31:08Z
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original description Southern, R. (1913). Clare Island Survey. Part 48: Oligochaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (B).</em> pp 1–14. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 231-234 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]   

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source van Haaren, T. (2016). Oligochaeten van brakke en zoute wateren in Nederland (Annelida:Oligochaeta). <em>Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen.</em> 46:115-164. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source De Wit, P.; Erséus, C. (2010). Genetic variation and phylogeny of Scandinavian species of Grania (Annelida: Clitellata: Enchytraeidae), with the discovery of a cryptic species. <em>Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.</em> 48(4): 285-293., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2010.00571.x [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Pierantoni, U. (1914). Per l'Identita di Grania maricola Southern con Michaelsena macrochaeta. <em>Bollettino della Società dei naturalisti in Napoli.</em> 27:48-50., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5984631 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

status source Prantoni, A.; Lana, P. C.; Erséus, C. (2017). Global checklist of species of Grania (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) with remarks on their geographic distribution. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 391:1-44., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/EJT_0391_0001-0044.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

identification resource Brinkhurst, R.O. (1982). British and Other Marine and Estuarine Oligochaetes. <em>Synopses of the British Fauna.</em> 21: 1-127. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Distribution Ireland, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. [details]

Ecology subtidal coarse sediments [details]

Etymology Southern named this species 'maricola' for it was the first ever oligochaete found below the low-water mark. (mare=sea, -cola = living in) [details]

Type locality 2 immature specimens from Clew Bay, Clare Island, Ireland at a depth of 24 fathoms (=43.8m); Mature specimens in Dingle Bay at 19-20 fathoms (=34.7-36.5m) and probably also Blacksod bay (immatures only on south shore of Elly Bay). He drew the adults from Dingle Bay (SW Ireland), so this locality can be considered type locality [details]
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Dutch groot zanddraadje  [details]