WoRMS taxon details
Grania hyperoadenia Coates, 1990
475695 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475695)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Coates, K. A. (1990). Marine Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta, Annelida) of the Albany area, Western Australia. <em>In: Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia. Western Australia Museum, Perth.</em> 13-41. [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype WAM 54-85, verbatimGeounit southern area of...
Holotype WAM 54-85, verbatimGeounit southern area of Bar... [details]
Distribution Albany area, south-western Australia and Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef (new record). Subtidal sand, from 1.5 to 4 m depth.
Distribution King George Sound, Western Australia
Distribution Albany area, Western Australia and Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the male pore apparaLus consisting of a large, gland surrounding a smaller, glandular bulb,...
Distribution Albany area, south-western Australia and Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef (new record). Subtidal sand, from 1.5 to 4 m depth. [details]
Distribution King George Sound, Western Australia
Distribution King George Sound, Western Australia [details]
Distribution Albany area, Western Australia and Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Distribution Albany area, Western Australia and Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the male pore apparaLus consisting of a large, gland surrounding a smaller, glandular bulb,...
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the male pore apparaLus consisting of a large, gland surrounding a smaller, glandular bulb, thus hyper from the Greek hyper for over or beyond combined with adenia, a feminine form of the Greek aden, gland. [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2026). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Grania hyperoadenia Coates, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475695 on 2026-02-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Coates, K. A. (1990). Marine Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta, Annelida) of the Albany area, Western Australia. <em>In: Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia. Western Australia Museum, Perth.</em> 13-41. [details] Available for editors [request]
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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]
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additional source
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2165.1.2 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype WAM 54-85, verbatimGeounit southern area of Bar... [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Albany area, south-western Australia and Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef (new record). Subtidal sand, from 1.5 to 4 m depth. [details]Distribution King George Sound, Western Australia [details]
Distribution Albany area, Western Australia and Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. [details]
Ecology Shallow subtidal, in fine sand with some shell. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the male pore apparaLus consisting of a large, gland surrounding a smaller, glandular bulb, thus hyper from the Greek hyper for over or beyond combined with adenia, a feminine form of the Greek aden, gland. [details]
