Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein (1833–70)

German zoologist. Studied at the polytechnical school, Hannover, 1849–52. Studied medicine at Göttingen and Berlin from 1852; habilitated at Göttingen in zoology, and was soon after made professor. Spent time in Naples for health reasons, 1858–9, and worked on marine zoology there. Completed a work on zoological taxonomy begun by Heinrich Bronn, 1862–6.