Polychaeta name details
original description
Hartman, O. (1941). Some contributions to the biology and life history of Spionidae from California. With keys to species and genera and descriptions of two new forms. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 7(4): 289-323., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27822521 page(s): 311-312, plate 45 figs. 9-16 [details]
new combination reference
Blake, James A.; Kudenov, Jerry D. (1978). The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from Southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. <em>Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria.</em> 39: 171-280., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39441579 page(s): 240; note: as Carazziella citrona (Hartman, 1941) [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype LACM AHF Poly 33, geounit Mission Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Mission Bay (San Diego, southern California, USA). [details]
Etymology Not originally stated by the author, the specific epithet citrona refers presumably to the colour of the specimens, described as being "ochre yellow in life" (Hartman, 1941: 311). [details]
Habitat In intertidal dark sandy mud beds inhabited by the thalassinid shrimp Upogebia. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus (Carazziella). [details]
Type locality Mission Bay, near the Causeway, San Diego, southern California, USA, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 32.767°, -117.233°), intertidal, in dark sandy mud beds inhabited by the thalassinid shrimp Upogebia. [details]
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