Benhamipolynoe cairnsi
Benhamipolynoe cairnsi is known from the south-west Pacific Ocean from depths of about 400–500m[2]
| Benhamipolynoe cairnsi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Benhamipolynoe |
| Species: | B. cairnsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Benhamipolynoe cairnsi Pettibone, 1989[1] | |
Description
Benhamipolynoe cairnsi has 10 pairs of elyta (fewer than Benhamipolynoe antipathicola) and the preserved specimens studied thus far are not known to be pigmented.[3]
Biology and Ecology
Benhamipolynoe cairnsi has a commensal relationship with the stylasterid coral Conopora adeta.
References
- Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Benhamipolynoe cairnsi Pettibone, 1989. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327223
- Hanley, J. R.; Burke, M. (1991). Polychaeta Polynoidae: Scaleworms of the Chesterfield Islands and Fairway Reefs, Coral Sea. in: Crosnier, A. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 8. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 151: 9-82
- Pettibone, Marian H. 1989. A new species of Benhamipolynoe (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Lepidastheniinae) from Australia, associated with the unattached stylasterid coral Conopora adeta. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 102(2): 300–304.
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