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Platynereis

Platynereis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Aciculata
Suborder: Phyllodocida
Family: Nereidae
Genus: Platynereis

Platynereis is a genus of marine annelid worm.

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.


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