Platynereis (lat.) Is a genus of marine polychaete worms from the Nereid family [1] .
| Platynereis |
 Platynereis dumerilii, female |  Platynereis dumerilii, male |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
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| International scientific name |
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Platynereis Kinberg, 1865 |
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The species Platynereis dumerilii is used in developmental biology to study development (embryogenesis), in particular because their embryos are fairly transparent and therefore easy to examine [2] .
The genus includes the following species [3] :
- Platynereis abnormis
- Platynereis antipoda
- Platynereis arafurensis
- Platynereis australis
- Platynereis bengalensis
- Platynereis bicanaliculata
- Platynereis calodonta
- Platynereis cebuensis
- Platynereis coccinea
- Platynereis cristatus
- Platynereis dumerilii
- Platynereis festiva
- Platynereis fuscorubida
- Platynereis hugonis
- Platynereis hutchingsae
- Platynereis insolita
- Platynereis karaka
- Platynereis kau
- Platynereis magalhaensis
- Platynereis mahanga
- Platynereis massiliensis
- Platynereis mucronata
- Platynereis nadiae
- Platynereis pallida
- Platynereis patagonica
- Platynereis polyscalma
- Platynereis pulchella
- Platynereis sinica
- Platynereis tongatabuensis
- Platynereis uniseris