MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Grania torosa Rota & Erséus, 2003

Deep-Sea taxon details

Grania torosa Rota & Erséus, 2003

AphiaID

388028 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:388028)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Grania Southern, 1913

Orig. name

Grania torosa Rota & Erséus, 2003

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364820310001615 [details] Available for editors

Type data

Holotype SMNH 5721, geounit Rockall Trough

Holotype SMNH 5721, geounit Rockall Trough [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range 1170-1800m depth

Depth range 1170-1800m depth [details]

Distribution Northern Rockall Trough, off the coast of Scotland, to near the entrance to the English Channel (NE Atlantic Ocean).

Distribution Northern Rockall Trough, off the coast of Scotland, to near the entrance to the English Channel (NE Atlantic Ocean). [details]

Etymology Named for the heavily muscular ducts of the spermathecae, using the Latin torosus (= muscular, strong).

Etymology Named for the heavily muscular ducts of the spermathecae, using the Latin torosus (= muscular, strong). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2024). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Grania torosa Rota & Erséus, 2003. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=388028 on 2024-05-08

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Grania torosa Rota & Erséus, 2003. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=388028 on 2024-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-03 07:35:23Z

created

db_admin

2010-04-20 12:15:16Z

checked

Timm, Tarmo

2017-07-30 15:12:54Z

changed

van Haaren, Ton

[taxonomic tree]

original description 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364820310001615 [details] Available for editors

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., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/EJT_0391_0001-0044.pdf [details] Available for editors

Holotype SMNH 5721, geounit Rockall Trough [details]

From editor or global species database

Depth range 1170-1800m depth [details]

Distribution Northern Rockall Trough, off the coast of Scotland, to near the entrance to the English Channel (NE Atlantic Ocean). [details]

Etymology Named for the heavily muscular ducts of the spermathecae, using the Latin torosus (= muscular, strong). [details]

Definitions

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