Batillipes adriaticus Grimaldi

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6. Batillipes adriaticus Grimaldi de Zio, Morone De Lucia, D'Addabbo Gallo & Grimaldi, 1979

Batillipes adriaticus sp. nov. (Grimaldi de Zio et al. 1979)

Batillipes adriaticus, Grimaldi de Zio et alii 1979 (Grimaldi de Zio et al. 1983b) Batillipes adriaticus Grimaldi de Zio et al., 1979 (Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo 2001) Terra typica: Adriatic Sea ( Italy, Europe)

Adriatic Sea:

• 40°53′15′′N, 17°23′30′′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Brindisi Province, Torre Egnazia, intertidal, medium calcareous sand. Grimaldi de Zio et al. (1983b)

• 40°51′20′′N, 17°25′12′′E [40°50′N, 17°28′E]; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Brindisi Province, Torre Canne, intertidal, medium-fine sand. Grimaldi de Zio et al. (1983b)

• 40°50′N, 17°28′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Type Locality: Italy, Brindisi Province, Torre Canne, Masseria Fiume Morello, beach, tidal zone to minimum level of low tide, sand. Grimaldi de Zio et al. (1979)

• 40°13′42′′N, 18°27′40′′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Lecce Province, Frassanito, intertidal, medium-fine sand, mainly siliceous (61%). Grimaldi de Zio et al. (1983b)

• 40°12′18′′N, 18°27′28′′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Lecce Province, Alimini Lakes, intertidal, medium-fine sand with 57% of siliceous fraction. Grimaldi de Zio et al. (1983b)

• 40°03′N, 17°41′E / 40°03′17′′N, 17°45′58′′E [41°04′N, 17°05′E]; 3 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Bari Province, near Bari, Mola di Bari-Porto Colombo, 150 m offshore of Porto Colombo, sand, sand at the edge of the Posidonia seagrass meadow, sand inside Posidonia seagrass meadow. Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001), Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

Ionian Sea:

• 40°22′03′′N, 17°22′29′′E [40°21′N, 17°22′E]; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Tarento Province, Gabbiano, intertidal, heterogenous sand mainly calcareous (98%). Grimaldi de Zio et al. (1983b)

Tyrrhenian Sea:

• 40°20′30′′N, 09°40′15′′E; 21–40 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Sardinia Island, Nuoro Province, Orosei Gulf, coralligenous detritus. Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001), Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003) • 38°44′N, 16°06′E [38°43′N, 16°06′E]; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Vibo Valentia Province, Vibo Valentia, Trainiti beach. Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

• 38°02′18′′N, 14°01′03′′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Sicily, Palermo Province, Cafal (Costa Verde), intertidal, medium coarse sand, mainly siliceous (94%). Grimaldi de Zio et al. (1983b)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Adriatic Sea: 6, Ionian Sea: 1, Tyrrhenian Sea: 3; total: 10.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO37: 10; total: 10.

Remarks: This species has only been reported from the Mediterranean basin (mostly the Adriatic Sea). It has been collected from 0 to 40 m bsl in different types of sand, but most often from the intertidal zone.