Platynereis pulchella Gravier, 1901 
AphiaID: 130420

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Nereididae (Family) > Nereidinae (Subfamily) > Platynereis (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Platynereis Kinberg, 1865
Synonymised taxa		Heteronereis oerstedii Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym) Platynereis pestai Holly, 1935 (subjective synonym)
Sources		original description: Gravier, C. 1902. Contribution à l'étude des Annélides Polychètes de la Mer Rouge. Nouv.Arch.Mus.Paris, Ser. 4, 3: 147-268. [details] basis of record: Monro, Charles C. A. 1937. Polychaeta. The John Murray Expedition Scientific reports, 4(8): 243-321. [details] basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Fauvel, P. 1923. Polychètes errantes. Faune de France Volume 5. 1-488. Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/  [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] from synonym: Quatrefages, Armand de. 1866. Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Volume 1. 1-588. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris. [some vol.2 species are also linked here but see also source 51472]., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Holly, Maximilian 1935. Polychaeta from Hawaii. Bulletin of the Bernice P.Bishop Museum, 129: 1-33. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		type locality: Djibouti (from specimen) European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Red Sea [details]
Specimen		Holotype: MNHN POLY TYPE 407, locality Djibouti (Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean) [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection To ITIS
Note		Distribution: Distribution: Indo-china, Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf and Red Sea(Fauval,1953). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130420
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Bellan, Gérard 2008-03-25 08:16:00Z   changed   Decock, Wim 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Platynereis pulchella Gravier, 1901. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130420 on 2013-05-26