WoRMS taxon details
Travisia parva Day, 1973
332645 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332645)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Day, John H. (1973). New Polychaeta from Beaufort, with a key to all species recorded from North Carolina. <em>NOAA Technical Reports, Ser. National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars.</em> 375: 1-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.62852
page(s): 95, fig. 13d-f [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 95, fig. 13d-f [details] Available for editors
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Holotype USNM 43126, geounit North Carolina Shelf
, Note Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, off Beaufort.
Holotype USNM 43126, geounit North Carolina Shelf [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, off Beaufort. [details]
Depth range 19-80 m.
Distribution North Carolina Shelf, Northwest Atlantic.
Etymology The specific epithet parva refers probably to the size of the worm when compared with the other species of Travisia...
Depth range 19-80 m. [details]
Distribution North Carolina Shelf, Northwest Atlantic.
Distribution North Carolina Shelf, Northwest Atlantic. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet parva refers probably to the size of the worm when compared with the other species of Travisia...
Etymology The specific epithet parva refers probably to the size of the worm when compared with the other species of Travisia recorded from the United States, as Day (1973) states that all have 24 or more setigers, against 20 setigers in the two types of Travisia parva. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Travisia parva Day, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332645 on 2024-04-23
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original description
Day, John H. (1973). New Polychaeta from Beaufort, with a key to all species recorded from North Carolina. <em>NOAA Technical Reports, Ser. National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars.</em> 375: 1-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.62852
page(s): 95, fig. 13d-f [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 95, fig. 13d-f [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 43126, geounit North Carolina Shelf [details]
Paratype USNM 43127, geounit North Carolina Shelf [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 19-80 m. [details]Distribution North Carolina Shelf, Northwest Atlantic. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet parva refers probably to the size of the worm when compared with the other species of Travisia recorded from the United States, as Day (1973) states that all have 24 or more setigers, against 20 setigers in the two types of Travisia parva. [details]
Habitat Coarse to fine sand, at shelf depths. [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, off Beaufort. [details]
