WoRMS taxon details
Grania homochaeta De Wit, Rota & Erséus, 2009
475692 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475692)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
De Wit, P.; Rota, E.; Erseus, C. (2009). Grania (Annelida: Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, including four new species and a re-description of Grania trichaeta Jamieson, 1977. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2165: 16-38. [details] Available for editors
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Holotype AM W.35544, geounit Heron Island
Holotype AM W.35544, geounit Heron Island [details]
Distribution Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef; 18 m, gravelly fine sand
Distribution Only known from the type locality: Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Etymology From the Greek homo, meaning equal, and chaeta, referring to the fact that ventral and lateral
chaetae have the same...
Distribution Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef; 18 m, gravelly fine sand [details]
Distribution Only known from the type locality: Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Distribution Only known from the type locality: Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia [details]
Etymology From the Greek homo, meaning equal, and chaeta, referring to the fact that ventral and lateral
chaetae have the same...
Etymology From the Greek homo, meaning equal, and chaeta, referring to the fact that ventral and lateral
chaetae have the same distribution along the body. [details]
chaetae have the same distribution along the body. [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Grania homochaeta De Wit, Rota & Erséus, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475692 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
De Wit, P.; Rota, E.; Erseus, C. (2009). Grania (Annelida: Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, including four new species and a re-description of Grania trichaeta Jamieson, 1977. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2165: 16-38. [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy
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
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Holotype AM W.35544, geounit Heron Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef; 18 m, gravelly fine sand [details]Distribution Only known from the type locality: Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia [details]
Etymology From the Greek homo, meaning equal, and chaeta, referring to the fact that ventral and lateral
chaetae have the same distribution along the body. [details]