Species under Platynereis
n= 16
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Platynereis abnormis
Horst, 1924
Indo-West Pacific
Platynereis agassizi
(Ehlers, 1868)
Eastern Pacific
Platynereis australis
unspecified
Kelp worm Pacific Ocean, Southern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Antarctic Indian Ocean
Platynereis bicanaliculata
(Baird, 1863)
Pacific Ocean
Platynereis coccinea
(Chiaje, 1827)
Mediterranean Sea
Platynereis dumerilii
(Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1833)
Dumeril's clam worm Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean
Platynereis fuscorubida
Grube, 1878
Indo-West Pacific
Platynereis hugonis
Rullier, 1972
Western Central Pacific
Platynereis insolita
Gravier, 1901
Indo-Pacific 2.5
Platynereis magalhaensis
Kinberg, 1866
Antarctic, Atlantic and Indian Ocean
Platynereis massiliensis
(Moquin-tandon, 1869)
Mediterranean Sea
Platynereis nadiae
Abbiati & Castelli, 1992
Mediterranean Sea
Platynereis pallida
Gravier, 1899
Western Indian Ocean
Platynereis polyscalma
Chamberlin, 1919
Indo-Pacific
Platynereis pulchella
Gravier, 1901
Indo-West Pacific
Platynereis sinica
Sun & Shen, 1978
Northwest Pacific
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