Redescription of a rarely encountered species Travisa chinensis Grube, 1869 (Annelida, Travisiidae), including a description of a new species of Travisa from Amoy, China
Author
Yang, Deyuan
Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan & College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, Fujian, China
Author
Wu, Xuwen
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
wxwelegent@sina.com
Author
Wang, Zhi
College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, Fujian, China
Author
Zhao, Xiaoyu
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5157-7668
College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, Fujian, China
Author
Hwang, Jiangshiou
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-1163
Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan
jshwang@mail.ntou.edu.tw
Author
Cai, Lizhe
College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, Fujian, China
cailizhe@xmu.edu.cn
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ZooKeys
2022
2022-11-04
1128
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1128.90020
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1128.90020
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Genus
Travisia Johnston, 1840
Type species.
Travisia forbesii
Johnston, 1840.
Diagnosis
(based on
Rizzo and Salazar-Vallejo 2020
).
Body subfusiform or grub-like. No obvious ventral or lateral groove. Segments annulated, with integument papillated. Prostomium small, conical or truncate, with no eyes and prostomial processes. Nuchal organs present. Parapodia reduced to two fascicles of capillary chaetae, with no dorsal or ventral cirri. Parapodial lappets or lobes present above and below the fascicles of chaetae in some species. Branchiae present or absent. A series of interramal sensory organs or pores present between dorsal and ventral fascicles of chaetae. Nephridial pores present. Pygidium ovoid or cylindrical.
Remarks.
Three genera (
Dindymenides
,
Kesunis
, and
Travisia
) were included in the subfamily
Travisiinae
Hartmann-Schroeder
, 1971, and later
Dindymenides
and
Kesunis
were synonymized with
Travisia
by
Dauvin and Bellan (1994)
.
Blake and Maciolek (2020)
elevated
Travisiinae
Hartmann-Schroeder
, 1971 to family
Travisiidae
, with
Travisia
as the only valid genus. However, the synonymization of these three genera by
Dauvin and Bellan (1994)
was only based on the morphological study and a molecular phylogenetic analysis has yet to have been done.