RAS taxon details
Travisia Johnston, 1840
129417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129417)
accepted
Genus
Kesun Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Travisia antarctica Hartman, 1967
- Species Travisia glandulosa McIntosh, 1879
- Species Travisia kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885
- Species Travisia lithophila Kinberg, 1866
- Species Travisia monroi Maciolek & Blake, 2006
- Species Travisia nigrocincta Ehlers, 1913
- Species Travisia olens Ehlers, 1897
- Species Travisia profundi Chamberlin, 1919
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Johnston, George. (1840). Miscellanea Zoologica British Annelids [article 43]. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4 (series 1): 368-375, plates10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3386311
page(s): 373 [details]
page(s): 373 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Travisia Johnston, 1840. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129417 on 2025-07-04
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Travisia Johnston, 1840. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129417 on 2025-07-04
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original description
Johnston, George. (1840). Miscellanea Zoologica British Annelids [article 43]. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4 (series 1): 368-375, plates10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3386311
page(s): 373 [details]
original description (of Kesun Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 384, 385-386 [details]
taxonomy source Maciolek, Nancy J.; Blake, James A. (2006). Opheliidae (Polychaeta) collected by the R/V <i>Hero</i> and the USNS <i>Eltanin</i> cruises from the Southern Ocean and South America. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 70S3: 101-113., available online at http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/114
note: Comments on the taxonomic value of varying numbers of segments [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
status source Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 319; note: Grube moved Travisia to Opheliidae (as Opheliacea) from Johnston's placement in Arenicolidae. [details]
status source Paul, Christiane; Halanych, Kenneth M.; Tiedemann, Ralph; Bleidorn, Christoph. 2010. Molecules reject an opheliid affinity for Travisia (Annelida). Systematics and Biodiversity 8(4): 507 - 512, available online at http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/14772000.2010.517810
note: Type species Travisia forbesii position is still uncertain [details]
status source Rousset, V.; Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G. W.; Erséus, C.; Siddall, M. E. (2007). A molecular phylogeny of annelids. <em>Cladistics.</em> 23(1): 41-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2006.00128.x
page(s): 56; note: Placed Travisia in the Opheliids, but this rejected by Paul et al. (2010) [details] Available for editors
status source Persson, Jenny and Pleijel, Fredrik 2005. On the phylogenetic relationships of Axiokebuita, Travisia and Scalibregmatidae (Polychaeta). Zootaxa 998: 1-14., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2005f/z00998f.pdf [details]
status source Law, Chris J.; Dorgan, Kelly M.; Rouse, Greg W. (2014). Relating divergence in polychaete musculature to different burrowing behaviors: A study using opheliidae (Annelida). <em>Journal of Morphology.</em> 275(5):548–571., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20237
page(s): 566; note: Place Travisia molecularly in Scalibregmatidae unequivocally [details]
identification resource Rizzo, Alexandra.; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2020). A new species of Travisia (Annelida, Travisiidae) from Campos Basin, Brazil. <em>Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment.</em> efirst: 1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2020.1752512
page(s): 3 of 9; note: key to the genus [details] Available for editors
identification resource Plathong, Jintana; Plathong, Sakanan; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2023). Two new species of Travisiidae (Annelida, Sedentaria) from Thailand. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5346(4): 351-371., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5346.4.1
page(s): 369; note: key for Travisia species from the Indo-Pacific region [details] Available for editors
page(s): 373 [details]
original description (of Kesun Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 384, 385-386 [details]
taxonomy source Maciolek, Nancy J.; Blake, James A. (2006). Opheliidae (Polychaeta) collected by the R/V <i>Hero</i> and the USNS <i>Eltanin</i> cruises from the Southern Ocean and South America. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 70S3: 101-113., available online at http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/114
note: Comments on the taxonomic value of varying numbers of segments [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
status source Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 319; note: Grube moved Travisia to Opheliidae (as Opheliacea) from Johnston's placement in Arenicolidae. [details]
status source Paul, Christiane; Halanych, Kenneth M.; Tiedemann, Ralph; Bleidorn, Christoph. 2010. Molecules reject an opheliid affinity for Travisia (Annelida). Systematics and Biodiversity 8(4): 507 - 512, available online at http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/14772000.2010.517810
note: Type species Travisia forbesii position is still uncertain [details]
status source Rousset, V.; Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G. W.; Erséus, C.; Siddall, M. E. (2007). A molecular phylogeny of annelids. <em>Cladistics.</em> 23(1): 41-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2006.00128.x
page(s): 56; note: Placed Travisia in the Opheliids, but this rejected by Paul et al. (2010) [details] Available for editors
status source Persson, Jenny and Pleijel, Fredrik 2005. On the phylogenetic relationships of Axiokebuita, Travisia and Scalibregmatidae (Polychaeta). Zootaxa 998: 1-14., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2005f/z00998f.pdf [details]
status source Law, Chris J.; Dorgan, Kelly M.; Rouse, Greg W. (2014). Relating divergence in polychaete musculature to different burrowing behaviors: A study using opheliidae (Annelida). <em>Journal of Morphology.</em> 275(5):548–571., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20237
page(s): 566; note: Place Travisia molecularly in Scalibregmatidae unequivocally [details]
identification resource Rizzo, Alexandra.; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2020). A new species of Travisia (Annelida, Travisiidae) from Campos Basin, Brazil. <em>Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment.</em> efirst: 1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2020.1752512
page(s): 3 of 9; note: key to the genus [details] Available for editors
identification resource Plathong, Jintana; Plathong, Sakanan; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2023). Two new species of Travisiidae (Annelida, Sedentaria) from Thailand. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5346(4): 351-371., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5346.4.1
page(s): 369; note: key for Travisia species from the Indo-Pacific region [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
