WoRMS taxon details
Travisia pupa Moore, 1906
254764 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254764)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Moore, J.P. (1906). Additional new species of Polychaeta from the North Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 58: 217-260 plates X-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24707068
page(s): 228-231, pl. XI fig. 23 [details]
page(s): 228-231, pl. XI fig. 23 [details]
Note Holotype from Gulf of Georgia (Strait of...
Type locality Holotype from Gulf of Georgia (Strait of Georgia?), station 4194, 111 to 170 fathoms. The geolocation of station 4194 is not given but it may be reported elsewhere. The Gulf of Georgia is apparently a disused older name (Wikipedia) but included all the inland waters beyond the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, including Puget Sound, Bellingham Bay, the waters around the San Juan Islands, as well as the Strait of Georgia [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Travisia pupa Moore, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254764 on 2026-01-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Moore, J.P. (1906). Additional new species of Polychaeta from the North Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 58: 217-260 plates X-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24707068
page(s): 228-231, pl. XI fig. 23 [details]
page(s): 228-231, pl. XI fig. 23 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Tovar-Hernández, María Ana; Burgess, Dany E.; León-González, Jesús Angel De; Hendrickx, Michel E. (2025). Travisiid worms from deep water off Western Mexico with the establishment of a new species (Annelida: Travisiidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5729(2): 349-369., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5729.2.7
page(s): 355, figures 4-5; note: description and colour photographs of non-type specimens from Puget Sound, Washington [details] Available for editors
[request]
redescription Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867. pages 145-168. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
page(s): 355, figures 4-5; note: description and colour photographs of non-type specimens from Puget Sound, Washington [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867. pages 145-168. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Levenstein, R. Ya. (1961). Polychaeta from deep water in the Bering Sea. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologia, Akademia nauk SSSR.</em> 46: 147-178. [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1933). Annélides polychètes du Golfe du Pei Tcheu Ly de la collection du Musée Hoang ho Pai ho. Récoltées par le R.P. Leroy, S.J. et le R.P. Licent S.J. <em>Publications du Musée Hoang ho Pai ho de Tien Tsin.</em> 15: 1-67.
page(s): 49 [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1933). Annélides polychètes du Golfe du Pei Tcheu Ly de la collection du Musée Hoang ho Pai ho. Récoltées par le R.P. Leroy, S.J. et le R.P. Licent S.J. <em>Publications du Musée Hoang ho Pai ho de Tien Tsin.</em> 15: 1-67.
page(s): 49 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Holotype from Gulf of Georgia (Strait of Georgia?), station 4194, 111 to 170 fathoms. The geolocation of station 4194 is not given but it may be reported elsewhere. The Gulf of Georgia is apparently a disused older name (Wikipedia) but included all the inland waters beyond the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, including Puget Sound, Bellingham Bay, the waters around the San Juan Islands, as well as the Strait of Georgia [details]Unreviewed
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM); Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Travisia pupa)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (14 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 5544)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Travisia pupa)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (14 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 5544)
To ITIS
