Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Oligochaeta > Order Enchytraeida > Family Enchytraeidae > Genus Grania

Grania maricola Southern, 1913

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Grania*	Southern, 1913	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: groot zanddraadje

Literature

original description	Southern, R. (1913). Clare Island Survey. Part 48: Oligochaeta. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (B). pp 1–14.
basis of record	Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 231-234
additional source	Pierantoni, U. (1914). Per l'Identita di Grania maricola Southern con Michaelsena macrochaeta. Bollettino della Società dei naturalisti in Napoli. 27:48-50.
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. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Lasserre, P. (1966). Oligochetes marins des cotes de France. I. Bassin D'Arcachon: Systematique. Cahiers de Biologie marine. 7: 295-317.
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. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 48(4): 285-293.
additional source	van Haaren, T. (2016). Oligochaeten van brakke en zoute wateren in Nederland (Annelida:Oligochaeta). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen. 46:115-164.
status source	Prantoni, A.; Lana, P. C.; Erséus, C. (2017). Global checklist of species of Grania (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) with remarks on their geographic distribution. European Journal of Taxonomy. 391:1-44.
identification resource	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1982). British and Other Marine and Estuarine Oligochaetes. Synopses of the British Fauna. 21: 1-127.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Grania maricola Southern, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137413