Batillipes pennaki Marcus 1946

Santos, Erika, Rubal, Marcos, Veiga, Puri, da Rocha, Clélia M. C. & Fontoura, Paulo, 2018, Batillipes (Tardigrada, Arthrotardigrada) from the Portuguese coast with the description of two new species and a new dichotomous key for all species, European Journal of Taxonomy 425, pp. 1-32 : 17

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 .