Platynereis

{{Short description|Genus of annelids}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = PlatynereisDumeriliiAtoke.tif | image_alt = | image_caption = ''[[Platynereis dumerilii]]'' | taxon = Platynereis | authority = [[Johan Gustaf Hjalmar Kinberg|Kinberg]], 1865 }}

'''''Platynereis''''' is a [[genus]] of [[marine biology|marine]] [[annelid]] worms that belongs to the Nereididae, a family of errant polychaete worms.<ref name="Kinberg">{{cite journal |last1=Kinberg1865 |first1=J. G. H. |title=Annulata nova. [Continuatio.] |date=1865 |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=167–179 |journal=Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100715#page/181/mode/1up |access-date=6 August 2018 |language=la}}</ref><ref name="Read">{{cite journal |last1=Read |first1=G. |last2=Fauchald |first2=K. |title=World Polychaeta database. Platynereis Kinberg, 1865. |journal=World Register of Marine Species |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129381 |access-date=6 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

The species ''[[Platynereis dumerilii]]'' is used in development biology to study development (embryogenesis), in particular because their embryos are largely transparent, and thus easy to follow.<ref name=Fischer2010 >{{Cite journal | last1 = Fischer | first1 = A. H. | last2 = Henrich | first2 = T. | last3 = Arendt | first3 = D. | title = The normal development of Platynereis dumerilii (Nereididae, Annelida) | doi = 10.1186/1742-9994-7-31 | journal = Frontiers in Zoology | volume = 7 | pages = 31 | year = 2010 | pmid = 21192805| pmc =3027123 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Apical organs such as this one are photosensitive which is a key component in their formation. They also have a common ancestor with cnidarians and bilaterians.<ref>{{Cite journal|url= |title=Larval body patterning and apical organs are conserved in animal evolution|date=24 January 2014|journal=BMC Biology|doi=10.1186/1741-7007-12-7|last1=Marlow|first1=Heather|last2=Tosches|first2=Maria Antonietta|last3=Tomer|first3=Raju|last4=Steinmetz|first4=Patrick R.|last5=Lauri|first5=Antonella|last6=Larsson|first6=Tomas|last7=Arendt|first7=Detlev|volume=12|page=7|pmid=24476105|pmc=3939940|s2cid=8733857 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

== Species == Source:<ref name = "COL">{{cite web |url= http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/platynereis/match/1|title= Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.|author= Bisby F.A.|author2= Roskov Y.R.|author3= Orrell T.M.|author4= Nicolson D.|author5= Paglinawan L.E.|author6= Bailly N.|author7= Kirk P.M.|author8= Bourgoin T.|author9= Baillargeon G.|author10= Ouvrard D. (red.)|year= 2011|publisher= Species 2000: Reading, UK.|access-date= 24 September 2012}}</ref> {{Div col}} * ''[[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 megalops]]'' * ''[[Platynereis mucronata]]'' * ''[[Platynereis nadiae]]'' * ''[[Platynereis pallida]]'' * ''[[Platynereis patagonica]]'' * ''[[Platynereis polyscalma]]'' * ''[[Platynereis pulchella]]'' * ''[[Platynereis sinica]]'' * ''[[Platynereis tongatabuensis]]'' * ''[[Platynereis uniseris]]'' {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Commons category|Platynereis}} {{Wikispecies|Platynereis|''Platynereis''}} {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Polychaete genera]] [[Category:Phyllodocida]]