original description
Murray, A.; Burghardt, I.; Gunton, L.; Nizar, N. M.; Nikolic, M.; Wilson, R. S. (2025). Polynoidae (Annelida) from bathyal and abyssal depths in southern and eastern Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 77(4): 193-269., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.77.2025.1904
page(s): 223-225, Figs 21-22 [details] Available for editors 
Holotype AM W.744, geounit Southern Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The species is named after W. B. Benham, who collected the type specimens in 1914 [details]