Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Oligochaeta > Order Enchytraeida > Family Enchytraeidae > Genus Grania

Grania variochaeta Erséus & Lasserre, 1976

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Grania*	Southern, 1913	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: variabel zanddraadje

Literature

original description	Erséus, C.; Lasserre, P. (1976). Taxonomic Status and Geographic Variation of the Marine Enchytraeid Genus Grania Southern (Oligochaeta). Zoologica Scripta. 5(1-4): 121-132.
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	De Wit, P.; Erséus, C. (2010). Genetic variation and phylogeny of Scandinavian species of Grania (Annelida: Clitellata: Enchytraeidae), with the discovery of a cryptic species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 48(4): 285-293.
additional source	Rota, E.; Erseus, C. (2003). New records of Grania (Clitellata, Enchytraeidae) in the Northeast Atlantic (from Tromsø to the Canary Islands), with descriptions of seven new species. Sarsia. 88(3): 210-243.
additional source	van Haaren, T. (2016). Oligochaeten van brakke en zoute wateren in Nederland (Annelida:Oligochaeta). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen. 46:115-164.
status source	Prantoni, A.; Lana, P. C.; Erséus, C. (2017). Global checklist of species of Grania (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) with remarks on their geographic distribution. European Journal of Taxonomy. 391:1-44.
identification resource	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1982). British and Other Marine and Estuarine Oligochaetes. Synopses of the British Fauna. 21: 1-127.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Grania variochaeta Erséus & Lasserre, 1976. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137419