Grania postclitellochaeta (Knollner 1935)
- Dataset
- Global checklist of species of Grania (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) with remarks on their geographic distribution
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Annelida
- class
- Clitellata
- order
- Enchytraeida
- family
- Enchytraeidae
- genus
- Grania
- species
- Grania postclitellochaeta
biology_ecology
Habitat Intertidal, subtidal, 20 – 100 m in coarse shell sand, shell gravel, sometimes in brackish water (Baltic Sea), tolerating a wide range of salinity (11 – 35 ppt).
discussion
Remarks According to van Haaren (2016), it is not possible to distinguish Grania postclitellochaeta from G. occulta De Wit & Erséus, 2010 and G. ovitheca Erséus, 1977 on morphological grounds only.
distribution
Distribution Baltic Sea, Iceland (see Rota & Erséus 2003), North Sea (Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium), France, Norway and Sweden.
distribution
Type locality GERMANY: Kiel Bay.
materials_examined
Type material Not designated. Other material FRANCE: Bassin d’Arcachon (SMNH 45646 – 45651, MCZR Oligochaeta 0116 – 0117); Gulf of Biscay (MNHM AH 66 – 68; see Erséus & Lasserre 1976). NORTH SEA: SMNH 45652 – 45654, MCZR Oligochaeta 0118. ICELAND: Hafnafjörðdur (SMNH 45655 – 45660, MCZR Oligochaeta 0119; see Rota & Erséus 2003). NORWAY: Tromsø (SMNH 45661 – 45665, MCZR Oligochaeta 0120; see Rota & Erséus 2003); Bergen (SMNH 107746 – 107749; see De Wit & Erséus 2010). SWEDEN: Koster Islands (SMNH 107730, 107736, 107738 – 107745, 108220; see De Wit & Erséus 2010).