WoRMS taxon details
Travisia glandulosa McIntosh, 1879
337051 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337051)
accepted
Species
Kesun abyssorum Monro, 1930 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Kesun glandulosa (McIntosh, 1879) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Travisia abyssorum (Monro, 1930) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1878). On the Annelida obtained during the Cruise of H.M.S. ‘Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series: Zoology.</em> 1(7): 499-511, plate LXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28379719
page(s): 506, plate 65, fig 15-16 [details]
page(s): 506, plate 65, fig 15-16 [details]
Holotype BMNH 1921.5.1.2431, geounit North East Atlantic
, Note Northeast Atlantic Ocean, 55.1667 N, -25.9667...
Holotype BMNH 1921.5.1.2431, geounit North East Atlantic [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Northeast Atlantic Ocean, 55.1667 N, -25.9667 W, 3264 m (1785 fathoms), station 16, Valorous Expedition from Disco, Greenland to Spithead, England 1875. Hartman catalogue records the locality incorrectly as Arctic Ocean, Davis Strait, Greenland [details]
Taxonomy Was formerly moved to Kesun
Taxonomy Was formerly moved to Kesun [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Travisia glandulosa McIntosh, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337051 on 2026-06-23
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Nomenclature
original description
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1878). On the Annelida obtained during the Cruise of H.M.S. ‘Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series: Zoology.</em> 1(7): 499-511, plate LXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28379719
page(s): 506, plate 65, fig 15-16 [details]
original description (of Kesun abyssorum Monro, 1930) Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 167-169, fig. 69a-c [details]
page(s): 506, plate 65, fig 15-16 [details]
original description (of Kesun abyssorum Monro, 1930) Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 167-169, fig. 69a-c [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors 
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context source (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1921.5.1.2431, geounit North East Atlantic [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Was formerly moved to Kesun [details]Type locality Northeast Atlantic Ocean, 55.1667 N, -25.9667 W, 3264 m (1785 fathoms), station 16, Valorous Expedition from Disco, Greenland to Spithead, England 1875. Hartman catalogue records the locality incorrectly as Arctic Ocean, Davis Strait, Greenland [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Kesun abyssorum Monro, 1930)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Kesun abyssorum (1) 56366) (from synonym Kesun abyssorum Monro, 1930)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Kesun abyssorum 56366) (from synonym Kesun abyssorum Monro, 1930)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (5 records) (from synonym Kesun abyssorum Monro, 1930)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Kesun abyssorum (1) 56366) (from synonym Kesun abyssorum Monro, 1930)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Kesun abyssorum 56366) (from synonym Kesun abyssorum Monro, 1930)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (5 records) (from synonym Kesun abyssorum Monro, 1930)
