BeRMS taxon details
Travisia forbesii Johnston, 1840
130512 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130512)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 373-375, plate XI figs. 11-18 [details]
page(s): 373-375, plate XI figs. 11-18 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Travisia forbesii Johnston, 1840. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130512 on 2026-10-05
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Travisia forbesii Johnston, 1840. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130512 on 2026-10-05
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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): 373-375, plate XI figs. 11-18 [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Epibenthos and demersal fish monitoring data in function of wind energy development in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Levenstein, R. Ya. (1970). Ecology and zoogeography of some representatives of the family Opheliidae (Polychaeta, Annelida) in the Pacific Ocean. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologia, Akademia nauk SSSR.</em> 88: 213-226. [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
additional source Ehlers, E. [Ernst]. (1904). Neuseeländische Anneliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse.</em> Neue Folge 3(1): 1-80, 9 plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46755553
page(s): 46, no figures; note: Likely misidentification of Travisia novaezealandiae Benham, 1927. Ehlers writes: "A small number of specimens, which Mr. Suter collected near Lyttelton and sent to me, I can distinguish from the no...
[details]
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 Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Støp-Bowitz, Carl. (1945). Les ophéliens norvégiens. <em>Meddelelser fra det Zoologiske Museum, Oslo.</em> 52: 21-61.
page(s): 26-32, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Théel, H.J. (1879). Les Annélides Polychètes des mers de la Nouvelle-Zemble. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.</em> 16(3): 1-75, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811612
page(s): 49 [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
page(s): 373-375, plate XI figs. 11-18 [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Epibenthos and demersal fish monitoring data in function of wind energy development in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Levenstein, R. Ya. (1970). Ecology and zoogeography of some representatives of the family Opheliidae (Polychaeta, Annelida) in the Pacific Ocean. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologia, Akademia nauk SSSR.</em> 88: 213-226. [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
additional source Ehlers, E. [Ernst]. (1904). Neuseeländische Anneliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse.</em> Neue Folge 3(1): 1-80, 9 plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46755553
page(s): 46, no figures; note: Likely misidentification of Travisia novaezealandiae Benham, 1927. Ehlers writes: "A small number of specimens, which Mr. Suter collected near Lyttelton and sent to me, I can distinguish from the no...
Likely misidentification of Travisia novaezealandiae Benham, 1927. Ehlers writes: "A small number of specimens, which Mr. Suter collected near Lyttelton and sent to me, I can distinguish from the northern *Travisia forbesi* [sic 'forbesii'] by decisive characteristics" Therefore it is strange Ehlers assigned the specimens to N hemisphere T forbesii
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 Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Støp-Bowitz, Carl. (1945). Les ophéliens norvégiens. <em>Meddelelser fra det Zoologiske Museum, Oslo.</em> 52: 21-61.
page(s): 26-32, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Théel, H.J. (1879). Les Annélides Polychètes des mers de la Nouvelle-Zemble. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.</em> 16(3): 1-75, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811612
page(s): 49 [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Travisia forbesii)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Macrozoobenthos communities of Svalbard
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (28 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (74 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Travisia forbesii)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Macrozoobenthos communities of Svalbard
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (28 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (74 records)
To ITIS
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