| Benhamipolynoe cairnsi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Benhamipolynoe |
| Species: | B. cairnsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Benhamipolynoe cairnsi Pettibone, 1989 | |
Benhamipolynoe cairnsi is known from the south-west Pacific Ocean from depths of about 400–500m
Description
Benhamipolynoe cairnsi has 10 pairs of elytra (fewer than Benhamipolynoe antipathicola) and the preserved specimens studied thus far are not known to be pigmented.
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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Benhamipolynoe cairnsi | |