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(
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= 3),
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wide at segment III,
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wide at segment XII,
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wide at segment XXI (
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not suitable for width measurements). Prostomium small, rounded, 4565 μm long, 3981 μm wide (
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= 4); epidermis not reduced at front tip, 716 μm thick. Ventral chaetae from segment IV, lateral chaetae from segment XVII (
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= 2) or segment XVIII (
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= 2). Chaetae (
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) 3560 μm long, shaft straight, 3.55.0 μm thick at midpoint, L-shaped, proximally bent into a short oblique foot, with low instep and receding heel. Chaetal index (
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) 3.61 ± 0.56 (
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= 5). Epidermal gland cells inconspicuous. Clitellum (not well developed in the
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) maximally 18 μm thick, extending over segment XII and anterior half of segment XIII, comprising more or less regular transverse rows of hyaline cells alternating with granular cells; hyaline cells more abundant than granular cells; both types of cell absent midventrally between male pores (
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). Spermathecal pores paired, lateral, somewhat posterior to 4/5. Male pores ventrolateral in middle of segment XII. Female pores ventrolateral, just posterior to 12/13. Anus directed ventrad (
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Figure 1.
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Brain posteriorly indented. Head organ (
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) absent. Pharyngeal glands in segments IVVI; dorsal lobes present in segment IV (one pair), segment V (one pair), and in segment VI (one pair), ventral lobes present in segment IV (one pair), segment V (two pairs), and in segment VI (two pairs); glands not connected dorsally. Nephridia not observed. Chloragogen cells inconspicuous. Dorsal blood vessel arising in segment XIX or XX. Coelomocytes sparse, small, up to 11.5 μm long, irregularly oval or circular; cytoplasm with fine granulation around cell nucleus. Sperm sac extending into segments XIV XVI. Egg sac extending into segments XVIIXXII. Sperm funnels very long, in segments XIXII (
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) or segments XIXIV (
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), 1012 times longer than wide, directed posteriorly (
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= 2) (
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). Vasa deferentia 7 μm wide, coiled and reaching at least into segment XV. Penial apparatus type 1 (
<emphasis box="[435,495,718,739]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">sensu</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Coates KA" box="[501,640,717,739]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="45 - 50" refId="ref16484" refString="Coates KA. 1984. Specific criteria in Grania (Oligochaeta, Enchytraeidae). Hydrobiologia 115: 45 - 50." type="journal article" year="1984">Coates, 1984</bibRefCitation>
), with small, round bulb, 59 μm long, 62 μm wide (
<emphasis box="[613,628,748,769]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">n</emphasis>
= 1), or oval bulb, 69 μm long, 38 μm wide (
<emphasis box="[522,537,779,800]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">n</emphasis>
= 1); bulb glandular, surrounding a simple invaginated male pore; stylet absent (
<figureCitation box="[264,355,839,861]" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="4.[144,221,1852,1871]" captionTargetBox="[147,1421,1256,1819]" captionTargetId="figure-486@4.[144,1424,1253,1822]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 1. Grania brasiliensis sp. nov. A, chaetae. B, spermatheca. C, clitellar cell pattern, oriented diagonally. D, penial bulb and sperm funnel. See text for abbreviations." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4720624" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4720624/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Fig. 1D</figureCitation>
). Midventral copulatory gland (in segment XIV) present. Spermathecae communicating with the oesophagus close to septum 5/6 through narrow ental ducts. Ectal ducts spindle-shaped, thick-walled, muscular, 6779 μm long, 3140 μm thick at midcourse, joining ampullar cavity through conspicuous deep conical intrusion. Ampullae 4166 μm long, 3659 μm wide; oval, ectally granulated (
<figureCitation box="[456,540,1053,1076]" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="4.[144,221,1852,1871]" captionTargetBox="[147,1421,1256,1819]" captionTargetId="figure-486@4.[144,1424,1253,1822]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 1. Grania brasiliensis sp. nov. A, chaetae. B, spermatheca. C, clitellar cell pattern, oriented diagonally. D, penial bulb and sperm funnel. See text for abbreviations." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4720624" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4720624/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Fig. 1B</figureCitation>
). No glands at ectal pores of spermathecae. Sperm rings not observed in ampullae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="5.[164,779,1176,1901]" box="[164,265,1176,1197]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">
<emphasis box="[164,265,1176,1197]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Remarks</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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The combination of the long sperm funnel, presence of a midventral copulatory gland in segment XIV, and the unusual clitellum, with hyaline cells more abundant than granular cells, may differentiate this new species from all other described species of
<taxonomicName authorityName="BRASILIENSIS" authorityYear="2016" box="[664,746,1329,1350]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[664,746,1329,1350]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Grania</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="5.[164,779,1176,1901]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">
<taxonomicName authority="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus, 2016" authorityName="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus" authorityYear="2016" box="[188,408,1359,1381]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="brasiliensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[188,408,1359,1381]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Grania brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[414,499,1360,1381]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
appears to be similar to the Caribbean species
<taxonomicName authorityName="Kennedy" authorityYear="1966" box="[429,582,1390,1412]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="americana">
<emphasis box="[429,582,1390,1412]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. americana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, by the shape of the spermathecae, total length, and number of segments. In addition, the genetic analyses indicate that these two species are closely related (see Phylogenetic analyses). There are at least two obvious morphological differences, however:
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<emphasis box="[487,651,1543,1565]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. americana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinguished from
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<emphasis box="[318,477,1574,1595]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[482,565,1574,1595]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
by its large glands at the spermathecal pores and the presence of a head organ.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="5.[164,779,1176,1901]" lastBlockId="5.[826,1442,197,1901]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">
Two species from the South Atlantic, sub-Antarctic island of
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, i.e.
<taxonomicName authority="(Michaelsen, 1888)" baseAuthorityName="Michaelsen" baseAuthorityYear="1888" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="monochaeta">
<emphasis box="[536,778,1696,1717]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Grania monochaeta</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Michaelsen W" box="[171,362,1727,1749]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="53 - 73" refId="ref18076" refString="Michaelsen W. 1888. Die Oligochaeten von Sud-Georgien nach Ausbeute der deutschen Station von 1882 - 83. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen wissenschaftliche Anstalten 5: 53 - 73." type="journal article" year="1888">Michaelsen, 1888</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName authority="Rota &amp; Erseus, 1997" authorityName="Rota &amp; Erseus" authorityYear="1997" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="lasserrei">
<emphasis box="[426,604,1727,1748]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Grania lasserrei</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Rota E &amp; Erseus C" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="27 - 42" refId="ref18373" refString="Rota E, Erseus C. 1997. A re-examination of Grania monochaeta (Michaelsen) (Oligochaeta: Enchytraeidae), with descriptions of two new species from Subantarctic South Georgia. Journal of Natural History 31: 27 - 42." type="journal article" year="1997">Rota &amp; Erséus, 1997</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, share the presence of a midventral copulatory gland (in segment XIV) with
<taxonomicName authority="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus, 2016" authorityName="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus" authorityYear="2016" box="[500,663,1788,1809]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="brasiliensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[500,663,1788,1809]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[670,754,1788,1809]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
A third species from the same island,
<taxonomicName authority="Rota &amp; Erseus, 1997" authorityName="Rota &amp; Erseus" authorityYear="1997" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="stephensoniana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Grania stephensoniana</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Rota E &amp; Erseus C" box="[337,565,1849,1871]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="27 - 42" refId="ref18373" refString="Rota E, Erseus C. 1997. A re-examination of Grania monochaeta (Michaelsen) (Oligochaeta: Enchytraeidae), with descriptions of two new species from Subantarctic South Georgia. Journal of Natural History 31: 27 - 42." type="journal article" year="1997">Rota &amp; Erséus, 1997</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, also seems to have this gland, but it was not clearly seen because of the poor quality of the specimens available for the original description (see
<bibRefCitation author="Rota E &amp; Erseus C" box="[1123,1428,227,249]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="27 - 42" refId="ref18373" refString="Rota E, Erseus C. 1997. A re-examination of Grania monochaeta (Michaelsen) (Oligochaeta: Enchytraeidae), with descriptions of two new species from Subantarctic South Georgia. Journal of Natural History 31: 27 - 42." type="journal article" year="1997">Rota &amp; Erséus, 1997</bibRefCitation>
);
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rota &amp; Erseus" authorityYear="1997" box="[826,1039,258,279]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="stephensoniana">
<emphasis box="[826,1039,258,279]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. stephensoniana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is also larger than all the other species just mentioned.
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Michaelsen" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[1101,1325,288,310]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="monochaeta">
<emphasis box="[1101,1325,288,310]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Grania monochaeta</emphasis>
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is similar to
<taxonomicName authority="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus, 2016" authorityName="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus" authorityYear="2016" box="[863,1045,319,340]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="brasiliensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[863,1045,319,340]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1054,1148,319,340]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
in the location of the spermathecal pores (at some distance from 4/5), but it has glands at its spermathecal pores and stylets in its penial bulbs;
<taxonomicName authority="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus, 2016" authorityName="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus" authorityYear="2016" box="[1008,1164,411,432]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="brasiliensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1008,1164,411,432]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1169,1250,411,432]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
lacks these characters. Both
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rota &amp; Erseus" authorityYear="1997" box="[968,1093,441,463]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="lasserrei">
<emphasis box="[968,1093,441,463]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. lasserrei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis box="[1150,1351,441,463]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. stephensoniana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
possess a head organ (
<bibRefCitation author="Rota E &amp; Erseus C" box="[998,1246,472,494]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="169 - 183" refId="ref18340" refString="Rota E, Erseus C. 1996. Six new species of Grania (Oligochaeta, Enchytraeidae) from the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 2: 169 - 183." type="journal article" year="1996">Rota &amp; Erséus, 1996</bibRefCitation>
), a structure observed neither in
<taxonomicName authority="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus, 2016" authorityName="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus" authorityYear="2016" box="[1064,1246,502,524]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="brasiliensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1064,1246,502,524]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1255,1348,503,524]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
nor in
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Michaelsen" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[826,994,533,554]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="monochaeta">
<emphasis box="[826,994,533,554]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. monochaeta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="5.[826,1442,197,1901]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">
The presence of a copulatory gland in segment XIV is also characteristic of the Tasmanian species
<taxonomicName authority="Rota &amp; Erseus, 2000" authorityName="Rota &amp; Erseus" authorityYear="2000" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="tasmaniae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Grania tasmaniae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Rota E &amp; Erseus C" box="[954,1198,625,647]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="245 - 254" refId="ref18416" refString="Rota E, Erseus C. 2000. Two new and peculiar species of Grania (Annelida: Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) inhabiting Tasmanian estuaries. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 27: 245 - 254." type="journal article" year="2000">Rota &amp; Erséus, 2000</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, but like
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rota &amp; Erseus" authorityYear="1997" box="[1312,1441,625,646]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="lasserrei">
<emphasis box="[1312,1441,625,646]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. lasserrei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rota &amp; Erseus" authorityYear="1997" box="[880,1088,655,677]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="stephensoniana">
<emphasis box="[880,1088,655,677]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. stephensoniana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, this species also has a head organ, and furthermore, an unusual
<typeStatus box="[1345,1398,687,708]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">type</typeStatus>
of coelomocytes; according to
<bibRefCitation author="Rota E &amp; Erseus C" box="[1126,1370,717,739]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="245 - 254" refId="ref18416" refString="Rota E, Erseus C. 2000. Two new and peculiar species of Grania (Annelida: Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) inhabiting Tasmanian estuaries. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 27: 245 - 254." type="journal article" year="2000">Rota &amp; Erséus (2000)</bibRefCitation>
, these cells resemble the spindle-shaped coelomocytes found in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Nielsen &amp; Christensen" authorityYear="1959" box="[857,1038,778,799]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Cernosvitoviella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[857,1038,778,799]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Cernosvitoviella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and some species of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Friend" authorityYear="1913" box="[1280,1442,778,799]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Chamaedrilus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1280,1442,778,799]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Chamaedrilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(formerly
<taxonomicName box="[942,1051,809,830]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Cognettia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[942,1051,809,830]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Cognettia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; see
<bibRefCitation author="Martinsson S &amp; Rota E &amp; Erseus C" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="257 - 277" refId="ref18034" refString="Martinsson S, Rota E, Erseus C. 2014. Revision of Cognettia (Clitellata, Enchytraeidae): re-establishment of Chamaedrilus and description of cryptic species in the sphagnetorum complex. Systematics and Biodiversity 13: 257 - 277." type="journal article" year="2014">Martinsson, Rota &amp; Erséus, 2014</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="5.[826,1442,197,1901]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">
Despite sharing some characters with
<taxonomicName authority="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus, 2016" authorityName="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus" authorityYear="2016" box="[826,989,900,922]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="brasiliensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[826,989,900,922]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[996,1083,901,922]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, all of the species from
<collectingCountry name="South Africa" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">South Africa</collectingCountry>
described below (see their respective remarks), have sperm funnels that are short, not long as in the
<taxonomicName authority="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus, 2016" authorityName="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus" authorityYear="2016" box="[826,989,992,1013]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="brasiliensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[826,989,992,1013]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[996,1083,993,1014]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, and a clitellar epidermis that seems to contain only granular cells (no rows of hyaline cells as in the Brazilian species).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="5.[826,1442,197,1901]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">
The length of the sperm funnels and the absence of stylets also distinguish
<taxonomicName authority="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus, 2016" authorityName="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus" authorityYear="2016" box="[1127,1290,1114,1136]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="brasiliensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1127,1290,1114,1136]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1296,1381,1115,1136]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
from the Caribbean
<taxonomicName authority="Erseus &amp; Lasserre, 1976" authorityName="Erseus &amp; Lasserre" authorityYear="1976" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="bermudensis">
<emphasis box="[993,1220,1145,1166]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Grania bermudensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Erseus C &amp; Lasserre P" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="121 - 132" refId="ref17251" refString="Erseus C, Lasserre P. 1976. Taxonomic status and geographic variation of the marine enchytraeid genus Grania Southern (Oligochaeta). Zoologica Scripta 5: 121 - 132." type="journal article" year="1976">Erséus &amp; Lasserre, 1976</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authority="Locke &amp; Coates, 1999" authorityName="Locke &amp; Coates" authorityYear="1999" box="[891,1305,1176,1198]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="laxartus">
<emphasis box="[891,1063,1176,1197]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Grania laxartus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Locke JM &amp; Coates KA" box="[1070,1305,1176,1198]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="598 - 623" refId="ref17925" refString="Locke JM, Coates KA. 1999. Redescriptions of Grania americana, G. bermudensis and descriptions of two new species of Grania (Annelida: Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) from Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112: 598 - 623." type="journal article" year="1999">Locke &amp; Coates, 1999</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName authority="Locke &amp; Coates, 1999" authorityName="Locke &amp; Coates" authorityYear="1999" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="hylae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Grania hylae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Locke JM &amp; Coates KA" box="[897,1155,1206,1228]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="598 - 623" refId="ref17925" refString="Locke JM, Coates KA. 1999. Redescriptions of Grania americana, G. bermudensis and descriptions of two new species of Grania (Annelida: Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) from Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112: 598 - 623." type="journal article" year="1999">Locke &amp; Coates, 1999</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. Moreover, these species differ from
<taxonomicName authority="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus, 2016" authorityName="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus" authorityYear="2016" box="[947,1099,1237,1258]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="brasiliensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[947,1099,1237,1258]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1104,1183,1237,1258]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
by their complex penial apparatus, and the presence of a head organ in both
<taxonomicName authorityName="Locke &amp; Coates" authorityYear="1999" box="[826,953,1298,1319]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="laxartus">
<emphasis box="[826,953,1298,1319]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. laxartus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Locke &amp; Coates" authorityYear="1999" box="[1016,1110,1298,1319]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="hylae">
<emphasis box="[1016,1110,1298,1319]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. hylae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="5.[826,1442,197,1901]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">
Among the
<taxonomicName box="[997,1177,1329,1351]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis box="[997,1081,1329,1350]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Grania</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
with elongate sperm funnels, a pattern of clitellar cells similar to that in
<taxonomicName authority="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus, 2016" authorityName="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus" authorityYear="2016" box="[826,989,1390,1411]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="brasiliensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[826,989,1390,1411]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[996,1083,1390,1411]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, i.e. alternating rows of granular and hyaline cells, has also been described for the Western Australian
<taxonomicName authority="Rota, Wang &amp; Erseus, 2007" authorityName="Rota, Wang &amp; Erseus" authorityYear="2007" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="sperantia">
<emphasis box="[1064,1263,1451,1473]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Grania sperantia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Rota E &amp; Wang H &amp; Erseus C" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="999 - 1023" refId="ref18577" refString="Rota E, Wang H, Erseus C. 2007. The diverse Grania fauna (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) of the Esperance area, Western Australia, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Natural History 41: 999 - 1023." type="journal article" year="2007">Rota, Wang &amp; Erséus, 2007</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; however, this species lacks lateral chaetae and has an unsually long clitellum (extending over segments XIXIII and sometimes over a part of segment XIV), with a thicker and more complex multiband pattern, i.e. the hyaline cells are more numerous than the granular cells only at the two ends (borders of clitellum;
<bibRefCitation author="Rota E &amp; Wang H &amp; Erseus C" box="[1088,1282,1665,1687]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="999 - 1023" refId="ref18577" refString="Rota E, Wang H, Erseus C. 2007. The diverse Grania fauna (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) of the Esperance area, Western Australia, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Natural History 41: 999 - 1023." type="journal article" year="2007">
Rota
<emphasis box="[1151,1199,1665,1687]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">et al</emphasis>
., 2007
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="5.[826,1442,197,1901]" lastBlockId="6.[144,758,197,249]" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="491" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">
The sperm funnels are very long (between nine and 18 times longer than wide), in
<taxonomicName authority="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus, 2016" authorityName="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus" authorityYear="2016" box="[1187,1350,1726,1748]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="brasiliensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1187,1350,1726,1748]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1357,1442,1727,1748]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rota, Wang &amp; Erseus" authorityYear="2007" box="[880,1020,1757,1779]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="sperantia">
<emphasis box="[880,1020,1757,1779]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">G. sperantia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as well as in the other Australian species
<taxonomicName authority="Coates &amp; Stacey, 1993" authorityName="Coates &amp; Stacey" authorityYear="1993" box="[910,1352,1788,1809]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="conjuncta">
<emphasis box="[910,1100,1788,1809]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Grania conjuncta</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Coates KA &amp; Stacey DF" box="[1107,1352,1788,1809]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="391 - 414" refId="ref16608" refString="Coates KA, Stacey DF. 1993. The marine Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta, Annelida) of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. In: Wells FE, Walker DI, Kirkman H, Lethbridge R, eds. Proceedings of the fifth international marine biological workshop: the marine flora and fauna of rottnest island. Western Australia: Western Australian Museum, 391 - 414." type="book chapter" year="1993">Coates &amp; Stacey, 1993</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authority="Coates &amp; Stacey, 1993" authorityName="Coates &amp; Stacey" authorityYear="1993" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="vacivasa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Grania vacivasa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Coates KA &amp; Stacey DF" box="[926,1171,1818,1839]" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="391 - 414" refId="ref16608" refString="Coates KA, Stacey DF. 1993. The marine Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta, Annelida) of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. In: Wells FE, Walker DI, Kirkman H, Lethbridge R, eds. Proceedings of the fifth international marine biological workshop: the marine flora and fauna of rottnest island. Western Australia: Western Australian Museum, 391 - 414." type="book chapter" year="1993">Coates &amp; Stacey, 1993</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authority="Coates &amp; Stacey, 1997" authorityName="Coates &amp; Stacey" authorityYear="1997" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="eurystila">
<emphasis box="[1182,1361,1818,1839]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Grania eurystila</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Coates KA &amp; Stacey DF" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="67 - 79" refId="ref16676" refString="Coates KA, Stacey DF. 1997. Enchytraeids (Oligochaeta: Annelida) of the lower shore and shallow subtidal of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. In: Hanley J, Caswell G, Megirian D, Larson H, eds. Proceedings of the sixth international marine biological workshop: the marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Darwin: Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association, 67 - 79." type="book chapter" year="1997">Coates &amp; Stacey, 1997</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName authority="Coates &amp; Stacey, 1997" authorityName="Coates &amp; Stacey" authorityYear="1997" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="integra">
<emphasis box="[1066,1238,1849,1870]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="490">Grania integra</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Coates KA &amp; Stacey DF" pageId="5" pageNumber="490" pagination="67 - 79" refId="ref16676" refString="Coates KA, Stacey DF. 1997. Enchytraeids (Oligochaeta: Annelida) of the lower shore and shallow subtidal of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. In: Hanley J, Caswell G, Megirian D, Larson H, eds. Proceedings of the sixth international marine biological workshop: the marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Darwin: Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association, 67 - 79." type="book chapter" year="1997">Coates &amp; Stacey, 1997</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; however, all these species are totally devoid of lateral chaetae, which is not the case in
<taxonomicName authority="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus, 2016" authorityName="Prantoni &amp; Wit &amp; Erséus" authorityYear="2016" box="[144,306,227,249]" class="Clitellata" family="Enchytraeidae" genus="Grania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Enchytraeida" pageId="6" pageNumber="491" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="brasiliensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[144,306,227,249]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="491">G. brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[314,398,228,249]" pageId="6" pageNumber="491" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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