William Blaxland Benham

William Blaxland Benham (1860–1950), British oligo- and polychaetologist. Also active in New Zealand (1898–1936).

William Blaxland Benham

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 46 taxon names authored by William Blaxland Benham

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1896

• Benham, W.B. 1896. The Archiannelida, Polychaeta, Myzostomaria. pp. 241–344. In: Harmer, S.F. & Shipley, A.E. eds.: The Cambridge Natural History. Vol. 2. England, MacMillan and Co. BHL Reference page. 

1901

• Benham, W.B. 1901. On some earthworms from the islands around New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 33: 129–144. BHL Reference page. 

1903

• Benham, W.B. 1903. On the old and some new species of earthworms belonging to the genus Plagiochaeta. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 35: 277–290. BHL Reference page. 
• Benham, W.B. 1903. On some new species of aquatic Oligochaeta from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903(2): 202–232. BHL Reference page. 
• Benham, W.B. 1903. On an earthworm from the Auckland Islands – Notiodrilus aucklandicus. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 35: 275–277. BHL Reference page. 

1904

• Benham, W.B. 1904. On some edible and other new species of earthworms from the North Island of New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1904(2): 220–263. BHL Reference page. 

1905

• Benham, W.B. 1905. On the Oligochaeta from the Southern Islands of the New Zealand region. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 37(19): 285–297. BHL Reference page. 
• Benham, W.B. 1905. Earthworms from the Kermadecs. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1904, 37: 298–299. BHL Reference page. 

1906

• Benham, W.B. 1906. Additional notes on the earthworms of the North Island of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 38: 239–245. BHL Reference page. 

1909

• Benham, W.B. 1909. Report on Oligochaeta of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. In Chilton, C. (Ed.) The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand. vol 1, p. 251–294. BHL Reference page. 
• Benham, W.B. 1909. Scientific results of the New Zealand Government Trawling Expedition 1907. Echinoderma. Records of the Canterbury Museum. 1(2): 83–116. BHL. Reference page. 

1911

• Benham, W.B. 1911. Stellerids and echinids from the Kermadec Islands. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 43: 140–163. BHL Reference page. 

1916

• Benham, W.B. 1916. Report on the Polychaeta obtained by the F.I.S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. Part II. Fisheries: Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. "Endeavour", 1909-14. H.C. Dannevig. Sydney. 4(2): 127-162, plates XLVI-XLVIII. BHL Reference page. 

1919

• Benham, W.B. 1919. Some Earthworms from Stephen Island and D'Urville Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 51: 34–41. BHL Reference page. 

1950

• Benham, W.B. 1950. On Cryptochaeta, a new genus of earthworms; and a nomenclatural muddle solved. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 78(2-3): 324–328. Online Reference page.