Batillipes marcelli Morone De Lucia, D'Addabbo Gallo & Grimaldi

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18. Batillipes marcelli Morone De Lucia, D'Addabbo Gallo & Grimaldi de Zio, 1988

Batillipes marcelli n.sp. (Morone De Lucia et al. 1988)

Batillipes marcellii Morone De Lucia et al., 1988 (Villora-Moreno & Grimaldi de Zio 1996, Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo 2001)

Batillipes marcelli ( Accogli et al. 2009)

Terra typica: Ionian Sea ( Italy, Europe)

Adriatic Sea:

• 41°05′N, 17°01′E; 0-3 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Bari Province, Calo Colombo, coarse sand. Accogli et al. (2009)

• 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 and sand at the edge of the Posidonia seagrass meadow. Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001), Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

Alboran Sea:

• 35°11′N, 02°25′W; 20 m bsl: [FAO37] Morocco, Chafarinas Islands, sublittoral sand. Villora-Moreno & Grimaldi de Zio (1996)

Ionian Sea:

• 40°11′N, 17°48′E; 0-20 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Bari Province, Calo Colombo, coarse sand or fine sand mixed with mud. Accogli et al. (2009)

• 39°53′12′′N, 18°6′42′′E [39°53′N, 18°07′E]; 4–8 m bsl: [FAO37] Type Locality: Italy, Lecce Province, Ugento, U1 station, 50–200 m offshore of Marina di Torre San Giovanni, detritus with green algae. Morone de Lucia et al. (1988)