Batillipes pennaki Marcus 1946

Material examined

PORTUGAL: 1 ♀, collected at Meia-Praia Beach, mounted in glycerol (slide C.IX-53) and 76 specimens (16 ♀♀, 14 ♂♂, 21 juveniles and 25 four-toed larvae) collected at Ilha de Tavira Beach, all mounted in glycerol (slides C.X-57–C.X-76 ).

Remarks

The specimens correspond well with the original description (Marcus 1946) and subsquent diagnosis (de Zio 1962; Pollock 1970a; McKirdy 1975; Ramazzotti & Maucci 1983; Zawierucha et al. 2013).

Distribution

A common, worldwide distributed intertidal species that can occur in subtidal zones (for a more detailed geographic distribution see Kaczmarek et al. 2015). Batillipes pennaki was already known for Portugal, but up till now, only recorded in the northern region (Rubal et al. 2016) both on sandy beaches as well as on rocky shores.

Associated species

Batillipes algharbensis sp. nov., B. phreaticus, B. lusitanus sp. nov. and H. greveni .