Travisiidae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971
Taxonomic status of this group is in flux. Travisiidae were originally created as a subfamily of Opheliidae by Hartmann-Schröder, 1971, but subsequently shown to be a sister group to Scalibregmatidae from molecular studies (Paul et al., 2010). The notes in WORMS database suggest that recently this group has been raised in rank to a separate family by Blake and Maciolek (2016: online, unpublished nomenclaturally), which we follow here. Genus Travisia Johnston, 1840 is well represented in waters from the region (particularly from deeper waters) by 10 species: Travisia glandulosa McIntosh, 1879, Travisia kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885, Travisia chiloensis Kükenthal, 1887, Travisia olens Ehlers, 1897, Travisia nigrocincta Ehlers, 1913, Travisia profundi Chamberlin, 1919, Travisia antarctica Hartman, 1967, Travisia amadoi Elías, Bremec, Lana and Orensanz, 2003, Travisia monroi Maciolek & Blake, 2006, Travisia palmeri Maciolek and Blake, 2006, Travisia tincta Maciolek and Blake, 2006.
Only one species has been found so far in material from Falkland Islands collected here. These specimens are assigned to morphsopecies Travisia sp. 1 (see separate entry for details).
REFERENCES
Dauvin, J.C. and Bellan, G. 1994. Systematics, ecology and biogeographic relationships in the sub-family Travisiinae (Polychaeta, Opheliidae). Mémoires du Muséum national D'histoire naturelle 162: 169-184.
Maciolek, N.J. and Blake, J.A., 2006. Opheliidae (Polychaeta) collected by the R/V Hero and the USNS Eltanin cruises from the Southern Ocean and South America. Scientia Marina, 70(S3), pp.101-113.
Paul, C.; Halanych, k. M.; Tiedemann, R.; Bleidorn, C. 2010. Molecules reject an opheliid affinity for Travisia (Annelida). Systematics and Biodiversity 8(4): 507 – 512.
