# Benthoscolex

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***Benthoscolex*** is a genus of [fireworms](/source/Fireworm) belonging to the family [Amphinomidae](/source/Amphinomidae).[1][2] The genus contains four species.[1]

Members of the genus have a flat, [fusiform](/source/Fusiform) body and lack eyes. They are known mainly from deep-sea substrates.[2]

## Species

The following species are recognised:[1]

- *[Benthoscolex coecus](/source/Benthoscolex_coecus)* Horst, 1912 – [Red Sea](/source/Red_Sea) to the South Western [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean)
- *[Benthoscolex cubanus](/source/Benthoscolex_cubanus)* Hartman, 1942 – [Caribbean Sea](/source/Caribbean_Sea)
- *[Benthoscolex microcarunculata](/source/Benthoscolex_microcarunculata)* (Treadwell, 1901)
- *[Benthoscolex seisuiae](/source/Benthoscolex_seisuiae)* Jimi, Kimura, Ogawa & Kajihara, 2018 – [Kumano Sea](/source/Kumano_Sea), [Japan](/source/Japan)

## References

1. Jimi, N.; Kimura, T.; Ogawa, A.; Kajihara, H. (2018-02-19). ["A new species of the rare, deep-sea polychaete genus *Benthoscolex* from the Sea of Kumano, Japan"](https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/22927/). *ZooKeys*. '***(738): 81–88. [doi:10.3897/zookeys.738.22927](https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.22927). [PMC 5904400](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904400). [PMID 29670423](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29670423). Retrieved 3 April 2018.***

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