''Benthoscolex'' is a genus of fireworms belonging to the family

Amphinomidae Amphinomidae, also known as the fireworms, bristle worms or sea mice, are a family (biology), family of marine polychaetes, many species of which bear chaetae mineralized with carbonate. The best-known amphinomids are the fireworms, which can ca ...

. The genus contains four species. Members of the genus have a flat,

fusiform Fusiform (from Latin ''fusus'' ‘spindle’) means having a spindle (textiles), spindle-like shape that is wide in the middle and tapers at both ends. It is similar to the lemon (geometry), lemon-shape, but often implies a focal broadening of a ...

body and lack eyes. They are known mainly from deep-sea substrates.

Species

The following species are recognised: * '' Benthoscolex coecus'' Horst, 1912 –

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to the South Western

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Benthoscolex cubanus ''Benthoscolex'' is a genus of fireworms belonging to the family Amphinomidae. The genus contains four species. Members of the genus have a flat, fusiform body and lack eyes. They are known mainly from deep-sea substrates. Species The followin ...

'' Hartman, 1942 –

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* '' Benthoscolex microcarunculata'' (Treadwell, 1901) * '' Benthoscolex seisuiae'' Jimi, Kimura, Ogawa & Kajihara, 2018 – Kumano Sea,

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References

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