Cumella (Cumella) californica Watling & McCann, 1997

Jarquín-González, Jani & García-Madrigal, María Del Socorro, 2013, Annotated checklist and keys for cumaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific, with six new species from the Southern Mexican Pacific, Zootaxa 3721 (3), pp. 201-257 : 228

Cumella (Cumella) californica Watling & McCann, 1997

Cumella (Cumella) californica Watling & McCann, 1997: 175 –176, Fig. 2.33 (Type locality: Santa Maria Basin, off Purisima Point, Station R-4, California, 34°43.01’N, 120°47.39’W; depth 92 m. Holotype USNM 273540; Paratypes, USNM 273541 and LACM 95–70.1).

Geographic distribution. North American Pacific: Santa Maria Basin Region and off Point Loma, San Diego, California, U.S.A.; Gulf of California: Bahia de los Angeles, Mexico.

Habitat. Benthic sediment, 45– 154 m.

Observations. According to Donath-Hernández (pers. comm.), C. (C.) californica occurs in Bahia de los Angeles, Gulf of California.

Observation. This species was not found in our samples.