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Grania

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Grania

Higher classification
  
Enchytraeidae

Order
  
Haplotaxida

Family
  
Enchytraeidae

Phylum
  
Annelida

Rank
  
Genus

Grania

Similar
  
Enchytraeidae, Oligochaeta, Annelid, Clitellata, Lumbricillus

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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.

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Grania with her 2006 colt


Species

There are 72 species in the genus Grania which have been identified. They include:

  • 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 bermudensis Erséus & Lasserre, 1976
  • Grania breviductus DeWit, Rota & Erséus, 2009
  • Grania bykane Coates, 1990
  • Grania canaria Rota & Erseus, 2003
  • Grania carchinii Rota & Erséus, 1996
  • Grania cinctura DeWit & Erséus, 2007
  • Grania colorata DeWit, Rota & Erséus, 2009
  • Grania conjuncta Coates & Stacey, 1993
  • Grania crassiducta Coates, 1990
  • Grania curta DeWit & Erséus, 2007
  • Grania darwinensis Coates & Stacey, 1997)
  • Grania dolichura Rota & Erséus, 2000
  • Grania ersei Coates, 1990
  • Grania euristila Coates & Stacey, 1997
  • Grania fiscellata DeWit & Erséus, 2007
  • Grania fortunata Rota & Erseus, 2003
  • Grania fustata DeWit & Erséus, 2007
  • Grania galbina DeWit & Erséus, 2007
  • Grania hastula Coates, 1990
  • Grania hirsuticauda Rota & Erséus, 1996
  • Grania homochaeta DeWit, 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 DeWit & Erséus, 2007
  • Grania ocarina Rota, Erséus & Wang, 2003
  • Grania occulta DeWit & Erséus, 2010
  • Grania ovitheca Erséus, 1977
  • Grania pacifica Shurova, 1979
  • Grania papillata DeWit & 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 DeWit, Rota & Erséus, 2009
  • Grania roscoffensis Lasserre, 1967
  • 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 vacivasa Coates & Stacey, 1993
  • Grania variochaeta Erséus & Lasserre, 1976
  • Grania vikinga Rota & Erseus, 2003
  • References

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