Polychaeta taxon details
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.50, geounit South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 27 m. [details]
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 399): ''A threadlike species with slender dorsal cirri having about 15 long joints. Setae unidentate.'' [details]
Distribution South Africa, Cape Province (Atlantic Ocean). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet benguellana refers probably to the location of the type locality in the Benguela Current region. [details]
Habitat On coarse white sand and shells, at 27 m deep. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality Off Lambert's Bay, west coast of the Western Cape Province, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean (32°05.5'S, 18°17.3'E), 27 m, coarse white sand and shells. [details]
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