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Despite an increase in the number of new lumbrinerid descriptions globally and over recent decades, no new lumbrinerid species have been described from southern Africa over the last 40 years. This suggests that species richness in the region is currently underestimated, and that continued research would result in the discovery of more undescribed species. Here, a new species is described from grab samples collected off southern Namibia at >100 m depth. Ninoe namibiensis sp. nov. is characterized by simple multidentate hooded hooks with a long hood that only appears after chaetiger 18, branchiae from chaetiger 1–2 to 38 (with up to 7 filaments) and maxillary apparatus: MX III with one prominent tooth followed by a knob and MX IV unidentate with finely denticulate cutting edge (11 small teeth). A key to the Ninoe from southern Africa is provided.