| Benhamipolynoe | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Benhamipolynoe Pettibone, 1970 |
| Type species | |
| Lepidasthenia antipathicola Benham, 1927 | |
Benhamipolynoe is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus is known from the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and includes 2 species. [1]
Species of Benhamipolynoe are long-bodied scale worms comprising 50–200 or more segments and 10–50 or more pairs of elytra; the elytra are large but leave the middle part of the body uncovered. The lateral antennae are inserted terminally on the anterior margin of the prostomium. The neurochaetae are smooth or almost so, lacking prominent ornamentation; bidentate neurochaetae are absent. [2]
Both species of Benhamipolynoe currently known are commensal with corals. [3]
Two species of Benhamipolynoe are known as of August 2020: [1]
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