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Polychaeta taxon details

Carazziella calafia Blake, 1979

327354  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327354)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blake, James A. (1979). Four new species of Carazziella (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from North and South America, with a redescription of two previously described forms. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 92(3): 466-481., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35514183
page(s): 471-473, fig. 4A-H [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  USNM 56491, geounit Elkhorn Slough  
Holotype USNM 56491, geounit Elkhorn Slough [details]
Note Elkhorn Slough, 250 m upstream from highway...  
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Type locality Elkhorn Slough, 250 m upstream from highway bridge, S side, Monterey Bay, California (USA), Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 36.8017°, -121.7818°), intertidal, sand-mud. [details]
Depth range Intertidal to 90 m.  
Depth range Intertidal to 90 m. [details]

Distribution Eastern Pacific Ocean: from Monterey Bay (California, USA) to Gulf of California (Mexico). According to Blake (1996: 204),...  
Distribution Eastern Pacific Ocean: from Monterey Bay (California, USA) to Gulf of California (Mexico). According to Blake (1996: 204), Caraziella calafia is probably the most common species of the genus in California. [details]

Etymology "The epithet originates from Calafia, the legendary black amazon queen of an island utopia, as described by the sixteenth...  
Etymology "The epithet originates from Calafia, the legendary black amazon queen of an island utopia, as described by the sixteenth century Spanish author Montalvo in Las Sergas de Esplandian, a continuation of his famous romance, Amadis de Gaula. California was the island where Calafia ruled." (Blake, 1979: 473).  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Carazziella calafia Blake, 1979. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327354 on 2024-04-18
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original description Blake, James A. (1979). Four new species of Carazziella (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from North and South America, with a redescription of two previously described forms. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 92(3): 466-481., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35514183
page(s): 471-473, fig. 4A-H [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Spionidae Grube, 1850. pages 81-223. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 204-205, fig.4.38; note: redescription from holotype [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 56491, geounit Elkhorn Slough [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to 90 m. [details]

Distribution Eastern Pacific Ocean: from Monterey Bay (California, USA) to Gulf of California (Mexico). According to Blake (1996: 204), Caraziella calafia is probably the most common species of the genus in California. [details]

Etymology "The epithet originates from Calafia, the legendary black amazon queen of an island utopia, as described by the sixteenth century Spanish author Montalvo in Las Sergas de Esplandian, a continuation of his famous romance, Amadis de Gaula. California was the island where Calafia ruled." (Blake, 1979: 473).  [details]

Habitat In substrata composed mostly of sand, sometimes mixed with mud, from intertidal to shelf depths.  [details]

Type locality Elkhorn Slough, 250 m upstream from highway bridge, S side, Monterey Bay, California (USA), Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 36.8017°, -121.7818°), intertidal, sand-mud. [details]