WoRMS taxon details
original description
Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ page(s): 522; note: Peru (country) [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Nereis castelnaui is evidently named for the collector, de Castelnau. Francis de La Porte, Comte de Castelnau travelled in South America in the 1840s and collected biota. [details]Unverified
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Peru [details]
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