Deep-Sea taxon details
Platynereis dumerilii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833)
130417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130417)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Audouin, Jean Victor; Milne Edwards, Henri. (1833). [Part 3.] Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> (series 1) 29: 195-269., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6044727
page(s): 218-219, plate XIII figs. 10-12 [details]
page(s): 218-219, plate XIII figs. 10-12 [details]
Note La Rochelle, France.
From editor or global species database
Type locality La Rochelle, France. [details]
Distribution Also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958).
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958).
All other seas, perhaps maybe not...
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958).
All other seas, perhaps maybe not...
Distribution Also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958).
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958).
All other seas, perhaps maybe not Arctic seas (Fishelson and Rullier, 1969). [details]
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958).
All other seas, perhaps maybe not Arctic seas (Fishelson and Rullier, 1969). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Platynereis dumerilii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130417 on 2026-09-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Platynereis dumerilii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130417 on 2026-09-01
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(of ) Audouin, Jean Victor; Milne Edwards, Henri. (1833). [Part 3.] Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> (series 1) 29: 195-269., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6044727
page(s): 218-219, plate XIII figs. 10-12 [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist listing [details]
additional source de Silva, P H D H. (1961). Contributions to the Knowledge of the Polychaete fauna of Ceylon. Part I. Five new species, two new varieties and several new records principally from the southern coast. <em>Spolia Zeylanica.</em> 29(2): 164-194.
page(s): 177 [details] Available for editors
additional source Dewarumez, Jean-Marie (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 47 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18. [details] Available for editors
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ipucha, María Claudia; Santos, Cinthya S. G.; Da Cunha Lana, Paulo; Sbalqueiro, Ives José. 2007. Cytogenetic characterization of seven South American species of Nereididae (annelida: polychaeta): implications for the karyotypic evolution. Journal of basic and applied genetics 18(2): 27-38. , available online at http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1852-62332007000200003&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=en [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 107 [details]
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 44 [details] Available for editors
additional source Zantke, J.; Bannister, S.; Rajan, V. B. V.; Raible, F.; Tessmar-Raible, K. (2014). Genetic and Genomic Tools for the Marine Annelid Platynereis dumerilii. <em>Genetics.</em> 197(1): 19-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.112.148254
note: Model organism [details]
redescription Imajima, Minoru. (2003). Polychaetous Annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo (II). Orders included within the Phyllodocida, Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 23: 1-221., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004708004 [details] Available for editors
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
redescription Teixeira, Marcos A. L.; Langeneck, Joachim; Vieira, Pedro E.; Hernández, José Carlos; Sampieri, Bruno R.; Kasapidis, Panagiotis; Mucciolo, Serena; Bakken, Torkild; Ravara, Ascensão; Nygren, Arne; Costa, Filipe O. (2022). Reappraisal of the hyperdiverse Platynereis dumerilii (Annelida: Nereididae) species complex in the Northern Atlantic, with the description of two new species. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 36(11): 1017-1061., available online at https://www.publish.csiro.au/IS/IS21084
page(s): 1037, figures 6-7 [details] Available for editors
redescription Vieitez, J.M.; M.A.; Alós, C.; Parapar, J.; Besteiro, C.; Moreira, J.; Nunez, J.; Laborda, J.; and San Martin, G. (2004). Annelida Polychaeta I. Fauna Iberica. Ramos, M.A. et al (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Vol. 25:1-530 [sections separate authorship not recognised here]. [details]
status source Fauvel, Pierre. (1914). Annélides polychètes non-pélagiques provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle et de la Princesse-Alice (1885-1910). <em>Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco.</em> 46: 1-432, 31 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2117722
page(s): 193; note: includes long synonymy list [details]
biology source Schenkelaars, Quentin; Gazave, Eve. (2021). The Annelid Platynereis dumerilii as an Experimental Model for Evo-Devo and Regeneration Studies. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapter 13, p.236-257. In: Boutet, Agnès; Schierwater, Bernd (editors), Handbook of Marine Model Organisms in Experimental Biology, CRC Press., available online at https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-03566516
note: open access book [details]
page(s): 218-219, plate XIII figs. 10-12 [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist listing [details]
additional source de Silva, P H D H. (1961). Contributions to the Knowledge of the Polychaete fauna of Ceylon. Part I. Five new species, two new varieties and several new records principally from the southern coast. <em>Spolia Zeylanica.</em> 29(2): 164-194.
page(s): 177 [details] Available for editors
additional source Dewarumez, Jean-Marie (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 47 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18. [details] Available for editors
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ipucha, María Claudia; Santos, Cinthya S. G.; Da Cunha Lana, Paulo; Sbalqueiro, Ives José. 2007. Cytogenetic characterization of seven South American species of Nereididae (annelida: polychaeta): implications for the karyotypic evolution. Journal of basic and applied genetics 18(2): 27-38. , available online at http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1852-62332007000200003&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=en [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 107 [details]
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 44 [details] Available for editors
additional source Zantke, J.; Bannister, S.; Rajan, V. B. V.; Raible, F.; Tessmar-Raible, K. (2014). Genetic and Genomic Tools for the Marine Annelid Platynereis dumerilii. <em>Genetics.</em> 197(1): 19-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.112.148254
note: Model organism [details]
redescription Imajima, Minoru. (2003). Polychaetous Annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo (II). Orders included within the Phyllodocida, Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 23: 1-221., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004708004 [details] Available for editors
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
redescription Teixeira, Marcos A. L.; Langeneck, Joachim; Vieira, Pedro E.; Hernández, José Carlos; Sampieri, Bruno R.; Kasapidis, Panagiotis; Mucciolo, Serena; Bakken, Torkild; Ravara, Ascensão; Nygren, Arne; Costa, Filipe O. (2022). Reappraisal of the hyperdiverse Platynereis dumerilii (Annelida: Nereididae) species complex in the Northern Atlantic, with the description of two new species. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 36(11): 1017-1061., available online at https://www.publish.csiro.au/IS/IS21084
page(s): 1037, figures 6-7 [details] Available for editors
redescription Vieitez, J.M.; M.A.; Alós, C.; Parapar, J.; Besteiro, C.; Moreira, J.; Nunez, J.; Laborda, J.; and San Martin, G. (2004). Annelida Polychaeta I. Fauna Iberica. Ramos, M.A. et al (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Vol. 25:1-530 [sections separate authorship not recognised here]. [details]
status source Fauvel, Pierre. (1914). Annélides polychètes non-pélagiques provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle et de la Princesse-Alice (1885-1910). <em>Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco.</em> 46: 1-432, 31 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2117722
page(s): 193; note: includes long synonymy list [details]
biology source Schenkelaars, Quentin; Gazave, Eve. (2021). The Annelid Platynereis dumerilii as an Experimental Model for Evo-Devo and Regeneration Studies. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapter 13, p.236-257. In: Boutet, Agnès; Schierwater, Bernd (editors), Handbook of Marine Model Organisms in Experimental Biology, CRC Press., available online at https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-03566516
note: open access book [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology Platynereis dumerilii inbred laboratory strains believed originally collected from inshore near Naples, Italy are used as a model organism in research on genetics, molecular biology, and evolutionary and developmental biology. [details]Synonymy Does not have a world-wide distribution, and it is likely some of the names currently regarded as synonyms, but described from beyond European seas, represent valid species. [details]
Type locality La Rochelle, France. [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958).Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958).
All other seas, perhaps maybe not Arctic seas (Fishelson and Rullier, 1969). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Dumeril's clam wormcomb-toothed nereid | [details] |
| German | Dumerils Ringelwurm | [details] |
| Japanese | イソツルヒゲゴカイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (150 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Platynereis dumerilii)
To GenBank (91697 nucleotides; 1094 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (306 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 098077)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Platynereis dumerilii)
To GenBank (91697 nucleotides; 1094 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (306 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 098077)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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