WoRMS taxon details

Grania bykane Coates, 1990

475678  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475678)

accepted
Species
marine
Coates, K. A. (1990). Marine Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta, Annelida) of the Albany area, Western Australia. <em>In: Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia. Western Australia Museum, Perth.</em> 13-41. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  WAM 55-89, verbatimGeounit south end of Cosy...  
Holotype WAM 55-89, verbatimGeounit south end of Cosy Co... [details]
Distribution Southern coast of Western Australia (Albany and Esperance areas), Australia.  
Distribution Southern coast of Western Australia (Albany and Esperance areas), Australia. [details]

Etymology The specific epithet of the species is from the Greek bykane (f) for trumpet, in reference to the characteristic shape of...  
Etymology The specific epithet of the species is from the Greek bykane (f) for trumpet, in reference to the characteristic shape of its stylet. [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2024). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Grania bykane Coates, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475678 on 2024-04-24
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original description Coates, K. A. (1990). Marine Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta, Annelida) of the Albany area, Western Australia. <em>In: Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia. Western Australia Museum, Perth.</em> 13-41. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Rota, E.; Wang, H.; Erséus, C. (2007). The diverse Grania fauna (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) of the Esperance area, Western Australia, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 41: 999-1023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930701391682 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype WAM 55-89, verbatimGeounit south end of Cosy Co... [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Southern coast of Western Australia (Albany and Esperance areas), Australia. [details]

Ecology Intertidal and subtidal to at least 6m depth, in fine to coarse sand and in sediments under boulders and in seagrass beds [details]

Ecology Intertidal to just subtidal, in mixed and coarse sands, and in sediments under larger rocks and in seagrass beds [details]

Etymology The specific epithet of the species is from the Greek bykane (f) for trumpet, in reference to the characteristic shape of its stylet. [details]