WoRMS taxon details
Grania cinctura De Wit & Erséus, 2007
475679 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475679)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
De Wit, P.; Erséus, C. (2007). Seven new species of Grania (Annelida: Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) from New Caledonia, South Pacific Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1426: 27-50., available online at https://gup-server.ub.gu.se/v1/asset_data/168087 [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype SMNH 6559, geounit New Caledonia
Holotype SMNH 6559, geounit New Caledonia [details]
Depth range Touho and Nouméa areas, New Caledonia, and Lifou, Loyalty Islands, lower intertidal to shallow subtidal (6 m), medium to...
Etymology Named by the Latin cinctura, which is a form of Roman girdle. This refers to this species having a thick clitellum which...
Depth range Touho and Nouméa areas, New Caledonia, and Lifou, Loyalty Islands, lower intertidal to shallow subtidal (6 m), medium to coarse sand. [details]
Etymology Named by the Latin cinctura, which is a form of Roman girdle. This refers to this species having a thick clitellum which...
Etymology Named by the Latin cinctura, which is a form of Roman girdle. This refers to this species having a thick clitellum which obscures the male genitalia in many specimens. [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Grania cinctura De Wit & Erséus, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475679 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
De Wit, P.; Erséus, C. (2007). Seven new species of Grania (Annelida: Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) from New Caledonia, South Pacific Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1426: 27-50., available online at https://gup-server.ub.gu.se/v1/asset_data/168087 [details] Available for editors [request]
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status source
Prantoni, A.; Lana, P. C.; Erséus, C. (2017). Global checklist of species of Grania (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) with remarks on their geographic distribution. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 391:1-44., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/EJT_0391_0001-0044.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SMNH 6559, geounit New Caledonia [details]
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Depth range Touho and Nouméa areas, New Caledonia, and Lifou, Loyalty Islands, lower intertidal to shallow subtidal (6 m), medium to coarse sand. [details]Etymology Named by the Latin cinctura, which is a form of Roman girdle. This refers to this species having a thick clitellum which obscures the male genitalia in many specimens. [details]
