WoRMS name details
original description
(of Nereis (Nereilepas) variegata Grube, 1857) Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1857). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere per Indiam occidentalem et Americam centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A. S. Örsted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kröyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis. (Fortsaettelse). [Part 2]. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn.</em> 1857: 158-186., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35800010 page(s): 164; note: Valparaiso. As pointed out by Conde-Vela (2018), Grube used Nereis (Nereilepas), not Nereilepas at full genus rank [details]
source of synonymy
Fauvel, Pierre. (1921). Annélides polychètes de Madagascar, du Muséum R. d'Histoire Naturelle recueillies par M. le Dr. W. Kaudern en 1912. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 13(24): 1-32, plate I., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6397354 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy The Hartman catalogue placed the original name as "Nereilepa variegata. However, as pointed out by Conde-Vela (2018), Grube's original description had used Nereilepas [incorrect spelling] as subgenus Nereilepas of Nereis, not Nereilepas at full genus rank [details]
Type locality "Callao, Valparaiso, Marte" Callao is Peru, Valparaiso and Marte (? Isla Marta) are in Chile. Geolocation for Callao is -12.0586°, -77.1521° [details]
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