Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Oligochaeta > Subclass Tubificata > Order Tubificida > Suborder Tubificina > Superfamily Tubificoidea > Family Naididae > Subfamily Naidinae > Genus Paranais

Paranais litoralis (Müller, 1784)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paranais*	Czerniavsky, 1881	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Nais littoralis*	[auct. misspelling for litoralis]	orthographic variant
*Blanonais litoralis*	(Müller, 1784)	synonym
*Nais litoralis*	Müller, 1784	synonym
*Uncinais litoralis*	(Müller, 1784)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: glad slikwormpje sources: van Haaren, T. (2016). Oligochaeten van brakke en zoute wateren in Nederland (Annelida:Oligochaeta). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen. 46:115-164.

Polish: paranajs

Literature

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	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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Bourne, A. G. (1891). Notes on the Naidiform Oligochaeta; containing a description of New Species of the Genera, Pristina and Pterostylarides, and remarks upon Cephalization and Gemmation as generic and specific Characters in the Group. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 32: 335-356 + Plates XXVI-XXVII.
additional source	van Haaren, T. (2016). Oligochaeten van brakke en zoute wateren in Nederland (Annelida:Oligochaeta). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen. 46:115-164.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1966). A contribution towards a revision of the aquatic Oligochaeta of Africa. African Zoology. 2(2): 131-166.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O.; Coates, K.A. (1985). The genus Paranais (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in North America. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 98(2): 303-313.
additional source	Moore, J. P. (1905). Some marine oligochaeta of New England. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 57: 373-399.
additional source	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
additional source	Jelinek, H. (2011). Untersuchungen zur Systematik der Naididae D'Udekem, 1855 (Annelida, Clitellata, Oligochaeta). DIssertation Uiversity of Hamburg. 380pp + Appendix.
additional source	Pierantoni, U. (1909). Sul genere Paranais e su di una nouva specie del Golfo di Napoli (Paranais elongata). Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapal. 19(3): 445-.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1964). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta. I. Naididae and Opistocytidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 116:195-230.
additional source	Erséus, C. (1990). Marine Oligochaeta of Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The Marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern china II. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 1: 259-335.
additional source	Knöllner, F. H. (1935). Ökologische und systematische Untersuchungen über litorale und marine Oligochäten der Kieler Bucht. Zoologische Jahrbuecher (Systematik). 66: 425-512.
additional source	Kondo, M. (1936). A list of naidiform Oligochaeta from the waterworks plant of the city of Osaka. Annot.Zool.Japan. 15(3): 382-393.
additional source	Friend, H. (1912). Some Annelids of the Thames Valley. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 32(213): 95-106.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1986). Guide to the freshwater aquatic microdrile oligochaetes of North America. Canada. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 84.
taxonomy source	Michaelsen, W. (1900). Das Tierreich. Vermes, Oligochaeta. Friedländer & Sohn Berlin, Germany. 10.
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. Paranais litoralis (Müller, 1784). 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:137485

Tarmo Timm. Paranais litoralis (Müller, 1784). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/4c6eeceb-e8ee-4194-8620-0ca232c12246