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Travisia Johnston, 1840

129417  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129417)

accepted
Genus
Dindymene Kinberg, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym, also replaced...)  
subjective synonym, also replaced by Dindymenides for homonymy
Dindymenides Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Kesun Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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  1. Species Travisia amadoi Elías, Bremec, Lana & Orensanz, 2003
  2. Species Travisia amoyanus Yang, Wu, Wang, Zhao, Hwang & Cai, 2022
  3. Species Travisia antarctica Hartman, 1967
  4. Species Travisia araciae Rizzo & Salazar Vallejo, 2020
  5. Species Travisia arborifera Fauvel, 1932
  6. Species Travisia brevis Moore, 1923
  7. Species Travisia carnea Verrill, 1873
  8. Species Travisia chiloensis Kükenthal, 1887
  9. Species Travisia chinensis Grube, 1869
  10. Species Travisia concinna (Kinberg, 1866)
  11. Species Travisia doellojuradoi Rioja, 1944
  12. Species Travisia elongata Grube, 1866
  13. Species Travisia filamentosa León-González, 1998
  14. Species Travisia foetida Hartman, 1969
  15. Species Travisia forbesii Johnston, 1840
  16. Species Travisia fusiformis Kudenov, 1975
  17. Species Travisia fusus (Chamberlin, 1919)
  18. Species Travisia gigas Hartman, 1938
  19. Species Travisia glandulosa McIntosh, 1879
  20. Species Travisia granulata Moore, 1923
  21. Species Travisia gravieri McIntosh, 1908
  22. Species Travisia hobsonae Santos, 1977
  23. Species Travisia horsti Caullery, 1944
  24. Species Travisia japonica Fujiwara, 1933
  25. Species Travisia kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885
  26. Species Travisia lithophila Kinberg, 1866
  27. Species Travisia monroi Maciolek & Blake, 2006
  28. Species Travisia nigrocincta Ehlers, 1913
  29. Species Travisia novaezealandiae Benham, 1927
  30. Species Travisia oksae Hartmann-Schröder & Parker, 1995
  31. Species Travisia olens Ehlers, 1897
  32. Species Travisia oregonensis Fauchald & Hancock, 1981
  33. Species Travisia palmeri Maciolek & Blake, 2006
  34. Species Travisia parva Day, 1973
  35. Species Travisia profundi Chamberlin, 1919
  36. Species Travisia pupa Moore, 1906
  37. Species Travisia sanrikuensis Kobayashi & Kojima, 2021
  38. Species Travisia satunensis Plathong, Plathong & Salazar-Vallejo, 2023
  39. Species Travisia thailandensis Plathong, Plathong & Salazar-Vallejo, 2023
  40. Species Travisia tincta Maciolek & Blake, 2006
  41. Species Travisia tribus Avery, Vodopyanov & Wilson, 2023
  42. Species Travisia una Avery, Vodopyanov & Wilson, 2023
  43. Species Travisia zieglerae Wiklund, Neal, Glover, Drennan, Rabone & Dahlgren, 2019
  44. Species Travisia abyssorum (Monro, 1930) accepted as Travisia glandulosa McIntosh, 1879
  45. Species Travisia forbesi Johnston, 1840 accepted as Travisia forbesii Johnston, 1840 (misspelling variation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Johnston, G. (1840). Miscellanea Zoologica British Annelids. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 1(4): 368-375, plates10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3386311
page(s): 373 [details]   
Etymology The name of the genus Travisia was given "in commemoration of Mr. Travis, an eminent surgeon in Scarborough [a town on the...  
Etymology The name of the genus Travisia was given "in commemoration of Mr. Travis, an eminent surgeon in Scarborough [a town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England], and one of those "learned and ingenious friends" to whose correspondance Mr. Pennant was much indebted in preparing his British Zoology" (Johnston, 1840).  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Travisia Johnston, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129417 on 2024-03-28
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2008-02-28 11:07:56Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2014-03-02 15:59:01Z
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2014-12-10 01:27:24Z
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2020-02-12 22:05:03Z
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2020-05-09 09:06:42Z
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original description Johnston, G. (1840). Miscellanea Zoologica British Annelids. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 1(4): 368-375, plates10., 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]   

original description  (of Dindymene Kinberg, 1866) Kinberg, J. G. H. (1866). Annulata Nova. Continuatio. [various errantia & sedentaria]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(4): 239-258., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339515
page(s): 256 [details]   

original description  (of Dindymenides 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): 385; note: replacement name for Dindymene, a junior homonym [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  PDF available [request] 

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  PDF available [request] 

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  PDF available [request] 

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  PDF available [request] 

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  PDF available [request] 

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  PDF available [request] 
 
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Classification Johnston placed Travisia in Arenicolidae and Grube (1850) moved it to Opheliidae. Morphologically Travisia species seem similar to scalibregmatids, with their rugose epidermis, grub-like appearance and (mostly) lack of ventral groove, except they lack a T-shaped prostomium. Blake & Maciolek (2016) state this is a superficial resemblance. Early molecular work appeared to confirm a scalibregmatid relationship but apparently was based on unreliable sequences. Persson & Pleijel (2005) placed Travisia in Scalibregmatidae. Sequences of Rousset et al (2007) placed Travisia back in the opheliids, but Paul et al (2010) rejected those sequences and used their own sequences (not from the type species) to reconfirm that Travisia have Scalibregmatidae affinity, although they conservatively place it as sister taxon to the Scalibregmatidae sensu stricto. Law et al. (2014:566) placed Travisia molecularly in Scalibregmatidae without qualification. [details]

Diagnosis From Maciolek & Blake (2006: 108-109):
"Body stout, pointed at both ends, fusiform or grub-like, rounded cylindrically, without lateral or ventral grooves, or grooves very reduced. Prostomium small, smooth, rounded, conical or truncate, without eyes or processes; nuchal organs present. First chaetiger anterior to mouth. Parapodia reduced, small and smooth, or entirely absent. Branchiae present or absent; branchiae cirriform or branched, may be annulated; branchiae when present from chaetiger 2 or 3. Interramal lateral sensory organs present, lateral eyes absent. Chaetae simple capillaries, may be hispid. Pygidium small, cylindrical, longitudinally furrowed, with ring of stout unequal papillae or without lobes or papillae. Segments annulated, with posterior segments telescoped or forming folds ending in dorsal lappets dorsal and ventral to parapodial rami, these parapodial lappets low and rounded, large and leaflike, or pointed and triangular.[details]

Etymology The name of the genus Travisia was given "in commemoration of Mr. Travis, an eminent surgeon in Scarborough [a town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England], and one of those "learned and ingenious friends" to whose correspondance Mr. Pennant was much indebted in preparing his British Zoology" (Johnston, 1840).  [details]

Grammatical gender Treated as feminine by almost all authors, although Johnston (1840) named the genus after a certain Travis, the family name of a male person. Travisia is treated as feminine because of the modified -ia ending Johnston used, even though he probably used that for euphony, rather than to feminise, but his doing that has consequences. Johnston named the type species with a noun in genitive (forbesii i.e. 'of Forbes'), rather than an adjective which would have indicated the gender he intended. The next two adjectival names created had feminine endings (elongata and lithophila) assigned by their authors, and subsequent authors followed this lead. The relevant Code rule currently is article 30.2 and its clauses. Article 30.2.4 states "if no gender was specified or indicated [and] the name ends in -a the gender is feminine. Thus Travisia is feminine. An example is given that the genus Buchia named after von Buch is treated as feminine. [details]