6. Grania postclitellochaeta (Knöllner, 1935)

Michaelsena postclitellochaeta Knöllner, 1935: 449–455, figs 19–25, tab. 1.

Michaelsena postclitellochaeta – Hagen 1954: 12–13.

Marionina postclitellochaeta – Nielsen & Christensen 1959: 109–110, tab. 11.

Grania postclitellochaeta postclitellochaeta – Lasserre 1966: 299–300, 312–314, tabs 1–2. — Erséus 1976: 35, tab. 3. — Erséus & Lasserre 1976: 124, tab. 1.

Hemigrania postclitellochaeta – Lasserre 1971: 454–456, fig. 3c.

Grania postclitellochaeta – Kossmagk-Stephan 1983: 598. — Rota & Erséus 2003: 232–234, figs 10c–d. — van Haaren 2016: 141–143, figs 21, 23, 25–26, 57.

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).

Type locality

GERMANY: Kiel Bay.

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).

Distribution

Baltic Sea, Iceland (see Rota & Erséus 2003), North Sea (Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium), France, Norway and Sweden.

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.