Genus Platynereis Kinberg, 1866

Museums

Regional Maps

• Platynereis Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22(2): 167-179 [177].

  Type species:

   Platynereis magalhaensis Kinberg, 1866 by original designation.
• Iphinereis Malmgren, A.J. 1865. Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 21: 51-110, 181-192 [181] [Malmgren (1865) was published in 2 parts, over 1865 and 1866, thus the correct date for Iphinereis may be 1866, which would explain precedence given to the name Platynereis].
• Leontis Malmgren, A.J. 1867. Annulata polychaeta Spetsbergiae, Grönlandiae, Islandiae et Scandinaviae hactenus cognita. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 24: 127-255 [168].
• Nectonereis Verrill, A.E. 1873. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 1871–72: 295-778 [591].
• Pisenoe Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22(2): 167-179 [176].
• Uncinereis Chamberlin, R.V. 1919. Albatross Polychaeta (Rep. Sci. Res. Exp. Albatross). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 48: 1-514 [216].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• South Africa

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, G. Aust. Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
  • Western Australia: SW coast
• Hawaii
• New Zealand
  • North Island
  • South Island

Nearctic Region

• Canada
  • British Columbia
• United States of America
  • California
  • Washington

Neotropical Region

• Chile

Oriental Region

• Philippines
  • Luzon

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

Citations

Platynereis.
—Wilson, R.S. 1985. Nereis and Platynereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with description of a new species of Nereis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 97: 129–138 [136].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Reid, A. 1991. The Nereididae (Polychaeta) from Australia — Leonnates, Platynereis and Solomonereis. Records of the Australian Museum 43: 47–62 [54].

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023		08-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023		22-Apr-2013	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023		29-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023		08-Sep-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)