Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Oligochaeta > Order Haplotaxida > Suborder Tubificina > Family Tubificidae > Subfamily Naidinae > Genus Paranais

Paranais litoralis (Müller, 1780)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Nais Müller, 1774

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paranais*	Czerniavsky, 1880	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Nais litoralis*	Muller, 1780	objective synonym
*Blanonais litoralis*	(Müller, 1784)	synonym
*Nais littoralis*	Müller, 1780	synonym
*Uncinais litoralis*	(Müller, 1784)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
additional source	ITIS database
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (11 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Timm, T.; Erséus, C. (2014). Paranais litoralis (Müller, 1780). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137485

Dr Narcisse Giani. Paranais litoralis (Muller, 1780). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=234336

Image

Occurrence

Present

Absent

Doubtful

Native

Introduced

Naturalised

Invasive

Managed

No data

Environment

marine, brackish

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status NT 2003 This species is near threatened and is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

This species is near threatened and is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

OSPAR:
annex All This species is threatened and/or declining in the entire North-East Atlantic according to the OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic.