World Register of Deep-Sea species - Travisiopsis benhami Monro, 1936

Deep-Sea name details

Travisiopsis benhami Monro, 1936

AphiaID

338612 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338612)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Travisiopsis levinseni Southern, 1910

Rank

Species

Parent

Travisiopsis Levinsen, 1885

Original name

Travisiopsis benhami Monro, 1936

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907
page(s): 123-124, fig. 17a-c [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Southern Ocean

type locality contained in Southern Ocean [details]

, Note Antarctic Ocean, off South Georgia

Unreviewed

Type locality Antarctic Ocean, off South Georgia [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Species uncertain

Taxonomy Species uncertain [details]

Taxonomy Questionably synonym of species listed

Taxonomy Questionably synonym of species listed [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Travisiopsis benhami Monro, 1936. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338612 on 2026-09-25

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Travisiopsis benhami Monro, 1936. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338612 on 2026-09-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-18 12:55:09Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

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original description Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907
page(s): 123-124, fig. 17a-c [details]

context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]

source of synonymy Støp-Bowitz, Carl 1948. Polychaeta from the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic deep-sea expedition 1910. Report on the Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition, 5(8): 1-91., available online at http://www.annelida.net/docs/scans.html [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Taxonomy Species uncertain [details]

Taxonomy Questionably synonym of species listed [details]

Type locality Antarctic Ocean, off South Georgia [details]

To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 0 proteins)