Polychaeta taxon details
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 [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]
Holotype USNM 56491, geounit Elkhorn Slough [details]
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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]
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