Deep-Sea name details
Neolipobranchius Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
324769 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324769)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (type species unidentifiable juvenile)
Genus
Neolipobranchius glabrus Hartman & Fauchald, 1971 accepted as Travisia glabra (Hartman & Fauchald, 1971) (type by original designation)
- Species Neolipobranchius glabrus Hartman & Fauchald, 1971 accepted as Travisia glabra (Hartman & Fauchald, 1971) (unaccepted > superseded combination, genus synonymized to Travisia)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Hartman, O.; Fauchald, K. (1971). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic Areas. Part II. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 6: 1-327., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3458
page(s): 123-124 [details]
page(s): 123-124 [details]
Etymology Not stated, but evidently after some similarity (but also distinct) to the Scalibregmatidae genus Lipobranchius Cunningham...
Status The holotype of N. glabrus is not identifiable to genus or species and is a juvenile (fide Blake 2015: [as spelling...
Taxonomy Genus emended by Kudenov (1985).
Etymology Not stated, but evidently after some similarity (but also distinct) to the Scalibregmatidae genus Lipobranchius Cunningham & Ramage, 1888, thus probably Neolipobranchius was intended to be masculine gender. [details]
Status The holotype of N. glabrus is not identifiable to genus or species and is a juvenile (fide Blake 2015: [as spelling...
Status The holotype of N. glabrus is not identifiable to genus or species and is a juvenile (fide Blake 2015: [as spelling Neolipobranchus] 89 "... inclusion in the Scalibregmatidae was not justified by the original authors"). Therefore this genus was here first placed as a nomen dubium (incertae sedis in Blake, 2015) and now (fide Blake, 2025) is placed as a synonym of Travisia. Blake (2025) has further extensive comments on usages of Neolipobranchius and the correct placement of Neolipobranchius glabrus in the Travisiidae rather than Scalibregmatidae. [details]
Taxonomy Genus emended by Kudenov (1985).
Taxonomy Genus emended by Kudenov (1985). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Neolipobranchius Hartman & Fauchald, 1971. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324769 on 2025-11-22
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Neolipobranchius Hartman & Fauchald, 1971. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324769 on 2025-11-22
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Hartman, O.; Fauchald, K. (1971). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic Areas. Part II. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 6: 1-327., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3458
page(s): 123-124 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Hartman, O.; Fauchald, K. (1971). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic Areas. Part II. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 6: 1-327., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3458 [details]
redescription Kudenov, Jerry, D. (1985). Four New Species of Scalibregmatidae (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Familial Placement of <i>Mucibregma</i> Fauchald and Hancock. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(2): 332-340., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34648611
page(s): 335 [details]
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
page(s): 998; note: Specimen identified as a Neolipobranchius clusters as sister to Travisia brevis. [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
page(s): 511; note: Propose that future revisions should consider a synonymy with Travisia [details]
status source Blake, James A. (2015). New species of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the East Antarctic Peninsula including a description of the ecology and post-larval development of species of <em>Scalibregma </em>and <em>Oligobregma</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4033(1): 57-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.3
page(s): 89; note: holotype of N. glabrus is indeterminable to genus or species. [details]
status source Blake, James A. (2025). New species and records of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) from the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, and adjacent seas. <em>Megataxa.</em> 16(1): 1–232., available online at https://mapress.com/mt/article/view/megataxa.16.1.1
page(s): 215 and following; note: Extensive comments on usages of Neolipobranchius and the correct placement of Neolipobranchius glabrus [details]
page(s): 123-124 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Hartman, O.; Fauchald, K. (1971). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic Areas. Part II. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 6: 1-327., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3458 [details]
redescription Kudenov, Jerry, D. (1985). Four New Species of Scalibregmatidae (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Familial Placement of <i>Mucibregma</i> Fauchald and Hancock. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(2): 332-340., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34648611
page(s): 335 [details]
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
page(s): 998; note: Specimen identified as a Neolipobranchius clusters as sister to Travisia brevis. [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
page(s): 511; note: Propose that future revisions should consider a synonymy with Travisia [details]
status source Blake, James A. (2015). New species of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the East Antarctic Peninsula including a description of the ecology and post-larval development of species of <em>Scalibregma </em>and <em>Oligobregma</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4033(1): 57-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.3
page(s): 89; note: holotype of N. glabrus is indeterminable to genus or species. [details]
status source Blake, James A. (2025). New species and records of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) from the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, and adjacent seas. <em>Megataxa.</em> 16(1): 1–232., available online at https://mapress.com/mt/article/view/megataxa.16.1.1
page(s): 215 and following; note: Extensive comments on usages of Neolipobranchius and the correct placement of Neolipobranchius glabrus [details]
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Etymology Not stated, but evidently after some similarity (but also distinct) to the Scalibregmatidae genus Lipobranchius Cunningham & Ramage, 1888, thus probably Neolipobranchius was intended to be masculine gender. [details]Status The holotype of N. glabrus is not identifiable to genus or species and is a juvenile (fide Blake 2015: [as spelling Neolipobranchus] 89 "... inclusion in the Scalibregmatidae was not justified by the original authors"). Therefore this genus was here first placed as a nomen dubium (incertae sedis in Blake, 2015) and now (fide Blake, 2025) is placed as a synonym of Travisia. Blake (2025) has further extensive comments on usages of Neolipobranchius and the correct placement of Neolipobranchius glabrus in the Travisiidae rather than Scalibregmatidae. [details]
Synonymy Persson et al. (2005), Paul et al (2010), Martinez et al (2013), and Law et al (2014) all use the same sequences (from voucher SNHM 75833) said to come from a Neolipobranchius sp. to suggest the genus is a Travisia synonym as this specimen clusters with Travisia species. No taxonomic information was published on the specimen (SMNH collection location 39.898 -69.6607, depth unknown, from offshore shelf NW Atlantic). Blake (2025: 217) states "It is most likely these were simply juvenile specimens of a local [inshore] Travisia [Gulf of Maine], such as Travisia carnea Verrill, 1873, that were not recognized as such." The deepsea Neolipobranchius type species, N. glabrus, was collected from two degrees of latitude further South at 37.45, -68.6833, 4436 m deep. [details]
Taxonomy Genus emended by Kudenov (1985). [details]
