Polychaeta name details
Syntype BM 1930.10.8.2003-2005, geounit Palmer Archipelago [details]
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Etymology Species dedicated to the author's esteemed colleague Prof. C. Gravier, of Paris. [details]
Homonymy The species-group name Travisia kerguelensis gravieri Monro, 1930 is a homonym of Travisia gravieri McIntosh, 1908. Maciolek & Blake, 2006 replaced the name with new name Travisia monroi, at the same time raising the subspecies to a species. [details]
Type locality Palmer Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula. Monro had specimens from 2 stations as follows: St. 187. Neumayr Channel, Palmer Archipelago. 64° 48' 30"S, 63° 31' 30" W.259m. Gear DLH. Bottom: mud. Nine specimens. St. 190. 24. Bismarck Strait, Palmer Archipelago. 64° 56' 00" S, 65° 35' 00" W. 315m. Gear DLH. Bottom: mud and rock. Three specimens. The Natural History Museum, UK treats these 2 sets of specimens as syntypes, 1930.10.8.2003-2005 and 1930.10.8.1958-1962 [details]
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