Batillipes bullacaudatus n. sp. (McGinty & Higgins 1968)
B. bullacaudatus McGinty & Higgins (McIntyre & Murison 1973)
Batillipes cf. bullacaudatus McGinty & Higgins, 1968 (Willems et al. 2009)
Terra typica: Atlantic Ocean (USA, North America)
Atlantic Ocean:
• 57 ° 50 ′N, 05° 41 ′W; mid-tide level to 2 m bsl: [FAO 27] UK, Scotland, Highland County, Loch Ewe, Firemore Bay, flatfish nursery ground, small pocket beach, beach or subtidal zone, 4–16 cm deep in sand, sand. McIntyre & Murison (1973)
• 55 ° 35 ′N, 04° 40 ′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 27] UK, North Ayrshire County, Scotland, Clyde Sea, Irvine, intertidal. Morgan & Lampard (1986 a)
• 41 ° 31 ′ 41 ′′N, 70 ° 40 ′ 41 ′′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 21] USA, Massachusetts State, Barnstable County, Buzzard’s Bay, the neck connecting Woods Hole and Penzance Point, Crane’s Beach, 14 – 80 cm deep in sand, sand. Pollock (1970 a, b, 1975 a)
• 37 ° 12 ′N, 76 ° 32 ′W [37 ° 15 ′N, 76 ° 32 ′W]; 0–20 cm / 0–0.2 m bsl: [FAO 21] Type locality: USA, Virginia State, York County, estuary of Chesapeake Bay, ca. 2.83 km W of Yorktown, sand spit located in the York River, Sandy Point (Indian Field Creek), mid- to high tide, medium to coarse sand and shell beach. McGinty & Higgins (1968)
• 34 ° 41 ′ 30 ′′N, 76 ° 50 ′00′′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 31] USA, North Carolina State, Carteret County, Bogue Bank, near Morehead City, ocean side, 30 and 60 cm deep in sand, salinity (34–36 ‰), sand (0.2–0.5 mm). Lindgren (1971)
• 28 ° 40 ′N, 80 ° 38 ′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 31] USA, Florida State, Brevard County, Atlantic coast, Playalinda beach, sample from the vertical wall of the excavation from the beach surface to the depth of the water. McKirdy (1975)
• 27 °30.0′N, 80 °17.0′W / 27 ° 30 ′N, 80 ° 17 ′W; depth not indicated: [FAO 31] USA, Florida State, St. Lucie County, 8.4 km E of North Hutchinson Island, near Fort Pierce, sea sediment. Marchioro et al. (2013)
North Sea:
• 58 ° 52 ′ 20.16 ′′N, 11 °08′ 20.22 ′′E; 0.5 m bsl: [FAO 27] Sweden, Västra Götaland County, Tjärnö area, Salt, outside the tidal zone, well-sorted quartz sand. Willems et al. (2009)
Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 7, North Sea: 1; total: 8.
Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO 21: 2, FAO 27: 3, FAO 31: 3; total: 8.
Remarks: This species is known mostly from the North American coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The two records from the Atlantic coast of the UK and one uncertain record from the North Sea (based on a larval specimen and reported as cf.) need to be confirmed, as early development stages and adults of Batillipes species are very similar and a large intraspecific variability has also been observed in this genus (see remarks for B. gilmartini). This species has been found mainly in sand (to a depth of 80 cm) in the intertidal zone.