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Plotobia Chamberlin, 1919

AphiaID

325979 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325979)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Travisiopsis Levinsen, 1885

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Plotobia coniceps Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Travisiopsis coniceps (Chamberlin, 1919) (type by original designation)

Parent

Typhloscolecidae Uljanin, 1878

Original name

Plotobia Chamberlin, 1919

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Species Plotobia coniceps Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Travisiopsis coniceps (Chamberlin, 1919) (superseded original combination)
Species Plotobia paucichaeta Treadwell, 1943 accepted as Sagitella kowalewskii Wagner, 1872 (subjective synonym)
Species Plotobia simplex Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Travisiopsis lanceolata Southern, 1910 (subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 152, 154 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Plotobia Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325979 on 2026-07-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-14 12:50:56Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2023-07-06 14:47:18Z

changed

Gil, João

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Nomenclature

original description Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 152, 154 [details]

basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

Taxonomy

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
page(s): 61; note: with Travisiopsis Levinsen, 1885 [details]

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