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Benhamipolynoe cairnsi Pettibone, 1989

327223  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327223)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Aphroditiformia (Suborder)
  8. Polynoidae (Family)
  9. Lepidastheniinae (Subfamily)
  10. Benhamipolynoe (Genus)
  11. Benhamipolynoe cairnsi (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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.
page(s): 301-304, figures 1 & 2 [details] 
Holotype  NTMAG W 4900, geounit Queensland  
Holotype NTMAG W 4900, geounit Queensland [details]
, Note Australia  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Benhamipolynoe cairnsi Pettibone, 1989. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327223 on 2025-05-06
Date
action
by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian

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Nomenclature

original description 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.
page(s): 301-304, figures 1 & 2 [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Hanley, J. R.; Burke, M. (1991). Polychaeta Polynoidae: Scaleworms of the Chesterfield Islands and Fairway Reefs, Coral Sea. <em>in: Crosnier, A. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 8. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 151: 9-82. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 48-50, figure 15A-I; note: emended description [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype NTMAG W 4900, geounit Queensland [details]
From editor or global species database
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]

Type locality Australia [details]
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