WoRMS taxon details
original description
Horst, Rutgerus. (1912). Polychaeta errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 1, Amphinomidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900.</em> 24a: 1-43, 10 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2187401 page(s): 38 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Jimi, Naoto; Kimura, Taeko; Ogawa, Akito; Kajihara, Hiroshi. (2018). A new species of the rare, deep-sea polychaete genus <em>Benthoscolex</em> from the Sea of Kumano, Japan (Annelida, Amphinomidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 738: 81-88., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/22927/ [details]
status source
Borda, Elizabeth; Yáñez-Rivera, Beatriz; Ochoa, Gabriela M.; Kudenov, Jerry D.; Sanchez-Ortiz, Carlos; Schulze, Anja; Rouse, Greg W. (2015). Revamping Amphinomidae (Annelida: Amphinomida), with the inclusion of Notopygos. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 44(3): 324-333., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12099 page(s): 330; note: provisional inclusion in Amphinominae until further study [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Horst (1912: 38): "Body oblong oval, agreeing in general appearance with that of Chloeia. Caruncle short, with three parallel, longitudinal ridges. Eyes absent. Branchiae commencing on the 6th segment, strongly developed on the posterior segments. Furcate bristles. An unpaired anal cirrus." [details]
Etymology Derived from the Greek words benthos, meaning 'depth', and scolex, meaning 'worm', referring presumably to the deep depth where the worm was originally collected. [details]
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