WoRMS name details
Nereis (Ceratonereis) scotiae Berkeley & Berkeley, 1956
339165 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339165)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Berkeley, Edith; Berkeley, Cyril. (1956). A new species and two new records of Polychaeta from Eastern Canada. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 34(4): 267-271., available online at https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/z56-040 [details] Available for editors 
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Note Mitchell Bay, Nova Scotia, North Atlantic
From editor or global species database
Type locality Mitchell Bay, Nova Scotia, North Atlantic [details]
Etymology Not stated but evidently named for the region where collected, 'scotiae' for of Nova Scotia
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Etymology Not stated but evidently named for the region where collected, 'scotiae' for of Nova Scotia [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis (Ceratonereis) scotiae Berkeley & Berkeley, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339165 on 2026-02-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Berkeley, Edith; Berkeley, Cyril. (1956). A new species and two new records of Polychaeta from Eastern Canada. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 34(4): 267-271., available online at https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/z56-040 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1985). Revision der Gattung <i>Ceratonereis</i> Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta) (Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Arten mit enigeschnittenem Prostomium). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 82: 37-59. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated but evidently named for the region where collected, 'scotiae' for of Nova Scotia [details]Type locality Mitchell Bay, Nova Scotia, North Atlantic [details]
Unreviewed
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
