| NIWA Guide to Polychaeta | Shore polychaetes | Pick shore group | Pick shore family | Shell polychaetes |
Travisia Johnston 1840
Type species:
Diagnosis of Travisia : Body short, grub-like, with segments not numerous (less than 50); prostomium conical, without eyes. Branchiae present or absent. Posterior chaetigers usually with epipodial pads (posterior lappets dorsal and ventral to rami). Chaetae capillaries, usually hispid. Anal cirri short, numerous.
Source: Prepared from information in Dauvin, J.-C.; Bellan, G. (1994). Systematics, ecology and biogeographic relationships in the sub-family Travisiinae (Polychaeta, Opheliidae). Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 162: 169-184.
Remarks: Transferred from Opheliidae to Scalibregmatidiae by Bleidorn, C.; Vogt, L. ; Bartolomaeus, T. 2003: New insights into polychaete phylogeny (Annelida) inferred from 18S rDNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 29: 279-288.
Go to Family Scalibregmatidae.
Data last edited 7/08/2004 (dd/mm/yy), and page last generated by G. Read, 9/08/2004 (dd/mm/yy)