Benhamipolynoe antipathicola is a deep-sea scale worm that has been reported from the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans from depths of 128 to almost 500m.[2]
Description
Benhamipolynoe antipathicola has 200 or more segments and numerous elytra (17 to 50 or more pairs) and distinctive brown pigmentation along the dorsal midline, and as transverse bands across every segment in the posterior half of the body.[3][4]
Biology and ecology
Benhamipolynoe antipathicola has a commensal relationship with species of antipatharian corals, namely Parantipathes tenuispina and Antipathes columnaris.
References
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^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Benhamipolynoe antipathicola (Benham, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333099
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^ De Assis, José Eriberto;de Souza, José Roberto B.;de Lima, Manuela M.; de Lima, Gislaine V.;Cordeiro, Ralf T. S.; Pérez, Carlos D. (2019). Association between deep-water scale-worms (Annelida: Polynoidae) and black corals (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) in the Southwestern Atlantic. Zoologia. 36: 1-13., available online at https://zoologia.pensoft.net/article/28714/list/9/
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^ Benham, William B. (1927). Polychaeta [Terra Nova]. British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition Natural History Reports, Zoology. 7(2): 47-182, plates 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49465872
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^ Pettibone, Marian H. (1970). Polychaeta Errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Part IV. Some additional polychaetes of the Polynoidae, Hesionidae, Nereidae, Goniadidae, Eunicidae, and Onuphidae, selected as new species by the late Dr. Hermann Augener with remarks on other related species, in M. Weber, L.F. Beaufort and J.H. Stock eds., Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Bonatisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899–1900. Leiden, E.J. Brill, p. 199–270.
