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Bengalus

Bengalus

Biseswar, 2006

GBIF:182484729

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DIAGNOSIS. — Bonelliids with single, elongated, tubular gonoduct on right side of nerve cord with stalked gonostome located on one side near distal end of gonoduct; no ventral setae; anal vesicles tubular opening into cloacal bulb.
Biseswar, Ramlall (2006): Additions to the deep-sea echiuran (Echiura) fauna of the North-East Atlantic. Zoosystema 28 (4): 853-864, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4689879
ETYMOLOGY. — The genus is named after the BENGAL cruises that were undertaken in the Porcupine Abyssal Plain in the North-East Atlantic.
Biseswar, Ramlall (2006): Additions to the deep-sea echiuran (Echiura) fauna of the North-East Atlantic. Zoosystema 28 (4): 853-864, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4689879
TYPE SPECIES. — Bengalus longiductus n. sp.
Biseswar, Ramlall (2006): Additions to the deep-sea echiuran (Echiura) fauna of the North-East Atlantic. Zoosystema 28 (4): 853-864, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4689879

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AnimaliaAnnelidaPolychaetaEchiuroideaBonelliidaeBengalus

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Additions to the deep-sea echiuran (Echiura) fauna of the North-East Atlantic

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Biseswar, Ramlall (2006): Additions to the deep-sea echiuran (Echiura) fauna of the North-East Atlantic. Zoosystema 28 (4): 853-864, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4689879

ABSTRACT

This report contains descriptions of 10 species of deep-sea bonelliids from the North-East Atlantic of which three are indeterminate species. The specimens were collected during the BENGAL cruises that were undertaken between September 1996 and October 1998 in the Porcupine Abyssal Plain. A new monotypic genus Bengalus n. gen. is erected to accommodate B. longiductus n. gen., n. sp. and another new species, Jakobia densopapillata n. sp., is here described. The main distinguishing features of B. longiductus n. gen., n. sp. include the presence of a single, elongated, tubular gonoduct on the right side of the nerve cord with a stalked gonostome located near the distal end of the gonoduct; a thick integument covered with microscopic papillae; tubular anal vesicles and the absence of ventral setae. Jakobia densopapillata n. sp. is distinguished by possessing a thick integument that is densely covered with prominent papillae over the entire surface of the trunk; a truncate proboscis with the lateral margins uniting proximally to form a funnel around the mouth; a single V-shaped gonoduct on the right side of the nerve cord with an anteriorly directed gonostome; tubular anal vesicles and the absence of ventral setae. The paper includes the first records of the occurrence of Zenkevitchiola brevirostris Murina, 1978 and Achaetobonellia maculata Fisher, 1953 from the North Atlantic Ocean.

Biseswar R, felipe (2006). Additions to the deep-sea echiuran (Echiura) fauna of the North-East Atlantic. Zoosystema. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4689879 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

CC0Published 12/31/2006View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
182484729
Dataset Key
cccd251f-0aff-456c-aecc-5eccc5824fe8
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2509036
Taxon ID
03F53669FFE3FFFBFC8FBAA82379C2D5.taxon
Last Crawled
6/10/2026
Last Interpreted
6/10/2026
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