WoRMS taxon details
Grania paucispina (Eisen, 1904)
475710 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475710)
accepted
Species
Michaelsena paucispina Eisen, 1904 · unaccepted (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Michaelsena paucispina Eisen, 1904) Eisen, G. A. (1904). Enchytræidæ of the west coast of North America. <em>Harriman Alaska expedition with cooperation of Washington Academy of Sciences. Alaska. Vol. XII, Doubleday, Page & Co, New York.</em> 1-166., available online at https://archive.org/details/harrimanalaskase12harrrich/page/n19/mode/2up
page(s): 74 [details]
page(s): 74 [details]
Note Santa Barbara, California; seashore. , Typus...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Santa Barbara, California; seashore. [details]
Type material Typus amissus. Eisen's type specimen was deposited at the Californian Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, but it was destroyed during the 1906 earthquake and fire (Dr. D.D. Chivers, CASF, personal communication) [details]
Type material Typus perditus — specimen dissolutus. According to Coates & Erséus (1980), the type material deposited in the California Academy of Science in San Francisco was destroyed during the earthquake and fire in 1906. [details]
Depth range Littoral and marginally sublittoral (down to 6 m)
Distribution California, USA and British Columbia, Canada.
Depth range Littoral and marginally sublittoral (down to 6 m) [details]
Distribution California, USA and British Columbia, Canada.
Distribution California, USA and British Columbia, Canada. [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Grania paucispina (Eisen, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475710 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Michaelsena paucispina Eisen, 1904) Eisen, G. A. (1904). Enchytræidæ of the west coast of North America. <em>Harriman Alaska expedition with cooperation of Washington Academy of Sciences. Alaska. Vol. XII, Doubleday, Page & Co, New York.</em> 1-166., available online at https://archive.org/details/harrimanalaskase12harrrich/page/n19/mode/2up
page(s): 74 [details]
page(s): 74 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Coates, K.; Erséus, C. (1980). Two species of Grania (Oligochaeta, Enchytraeidae) from the Pacific Coast of North America. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 58: 1037-1041. [details] Available for editors 
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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]
[request]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]From editor or global species database
Depth range Littoral and marginally sublittoral (down to 6 m) [details]Distribution California, USA and British Columbia, Canada. [details]
Type locality Santa Barbara, California; seashore. [details]
Type material Typus amissus. Eisen's type specimen was deposited at the Californian Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, but it was destroyed during the 1906 earthquake and fire (Dr. D.D. Chivers, CASF, personal communication) [details]
Type material Typus perditus — specimen dissolutus. According to Coates & Erséus (1980), the type material deposited in the California Academy of Science in San Francisco was destroyed during the earthquake and fire in 1906. [details]
