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

Grania pusilla Erséus, 1974

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Grania*	Southern, 1913	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Erséus, C. (1974). Grania pusilla sp.n. (Oligochaeta, Enchytraeidae) from the west coasts of Norway and Sweden with soms taxonomic notes on the genus Grania. Sarsia. 56:87-94.
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	Rota, E.; Erseus, C. (2003). New records of Grania (Clitellata, Enchytraeidae) in the Northeast Atlantic (from Tromsø to the Canary Islands), with descriptions of seven new species. Sarsia. 88(3): 210-243.
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.
redescription	Locke, J. M.; Coates, K. A. (1998). A new species of Grania (Enchytraeidae, Clitellata, Annelida) and redescription of Grania pusilla from a rocky shore in SE Ireland. Journal of Natural History. 32(8): 1101-1114.
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 pusilla Erséus, 1974. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137417