Batillipes spinicauda D’Addabbo Gallo, Sandulli & Grimaldi

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29. Batillipes spinicauda D’Addabbo Gallo, Sandulli & Grimaldi de Zio, 2005

Batillipes spinicauda sp. nov. (D’Addabbo Gallo et al. 2005)

Batillipes spinicauda (D’Addabbo Gallo et al. 2006)

Batillipes spinicauda D’Addabbo Gallo et al., 2005 (D’Addabbo Gallo et al. 2007) Batillipes spinicauda Gallo D’Addabbo, Sandulli & Grimaldi de Zio, 2005 ( Kharkevych 2013b) Terra typica: Tyrrhenian Sea ( Italy, Europe)

Balearic Sea:

• 40°49′N, 08°30′E; 0–7 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Sardinia, Sassari Province, Gulf of Asinara, intertidal or subtidal zone, sediment, medium and medium fine sand. D’Addabbo Gallo et al. (2006, 2007)

• 40°20′N, 08°22′E; 0 and 1 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Sardinia, Sassari or Oristano Province, Gulf of Alghero, intertidal or subtidal zone, sediment, medium sand. D’Addabbo Gallo et al. (2006), D’Addabbo Gallo et al. (2007)

Black Sea:

• 44°59′N, 35°21′E; 2 m bsl: [FAO37] Ukraine / Russia, SE Crimean Peninsula, Bakhchysarai District, near Ordzhonikidze, Dvuyakornaya Bay, salinity 18–33‰, upper subtidal, sandy soil. Kharkevych (2013b)

Tyrrhenian Sea:

• 40°13′32′′N, 09°37′46′′E; 0–7 m bsl: [FAO37] Type Locality: Italy, Sardinia, Nuoro Province, Orosei Gulf, Cala Luna, coarse and medium coarse sand. D’Addabbo Gallo et al. (2005)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Balearic Sea: 2, Black Sea: 1, Tyrrhenian Sea: 1; total: 4.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO37: 4; total: 4.

Remarks: This species is known only from a few shallow subtidal localities, always in sand, in the Mediterranean basin and recently reported in the Black Sea.