Batillipes lesteri Kristensen & Mackness, 2000

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15. Batillipes lesteri Kristensen & Mackness, 2000

Batillipes lesteri n. sp. ( Kristensen & Mackness 2000)

Terra typica: Indian Ocean ( Australia)

Atlantic Ocean:

• 4°20′S to 4°50′S, 36°00′W to 37°15′W [04°35′S, 36°38′W]; 35 m bsl: [FAO41] Brazil, continental shelf off Ceará State and Rio Grande Do Norte State, medium sand. da Rocha et al. (2013)

• 8°25′10′′S to 8°25′20′′S, 34°55′00′′W [08°25′S, 34°58′W]; 0 m bsl: [FAO41] Brazil, Pernambuco State, Cupe beach, midlittoral, medium to fine quartz sand. da Rocha et al. (2013)

Indian Ocean:

• 34°55′S, 138°30′E; 1 m bsl: [FAO57] Type Locality: Australia, South Australia State, Adelaide, Henley Beach, sublittoral, medium coarse sand. Kristensen & Mackness (2000)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 2, Indian Ocean: 1; total: 3.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO41: 2, FAO57: 1; total: 3.

Remarks: This species was described from the coast of Australia and later reported twice on the Atlantic coast of Brazil. It is an intertidal or sublittoral species.