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Batillipes philippinensis Chang & Rho 1997

Description

23. Batillipes philippinensis Chang & Rho, 1997b

Batillipes philippinensis n. sp. (Chang & Rho 1997b)

Terra typica: Sulu Sea (Republic of the Philippines, Asia)

East China Sea:

33°15′N, 126°34′E; 18 m bsl: [FAO61] South Korea, Jeju Province, Cheju [Jejudo] Island, Seogwipo, Supsom Islet, intertidal or shallow subtidal zone, coralline sand. Rho et al. (1999)

South China Sea:

10°12′N, 118°54′E; 1–4 m bsl: [FAO71] Republic of the Philippines, Palawan Island, Puerto Princesa, Sabang, coral sand. Chang & Rho (1997b)

Sulu Sea:

09°54′N, 118°49′E; 1–4 m bsl: [FAO71] Type Locality: Republic of the Philippines, Palawan Island, Snake Island, Honda Bay, coral sand. Chang & Rho (1997b)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): East China Sea: 1, South China Sea: 1, Sulu Sea: 1; total: 3.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO61: 1, FAO71: 2; total: 3.

Remarks: This species is known only from a few subtidal localities in Asia, collected only in coral sand.

Notes

Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 4037 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4037.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/233519

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References

  • Chang, C. Y. & Rho, H. S. (1997 b) Two new marine tardigrades from Palawan Island, the Philippines. The Korean Journal of Biological Sciences, 1, 419 - 423.
  • Rho, H. S., Min, B. H. & Chang, C. Y. (1999) Taxonomic study of marine tardigrades from Korea. I Genus Batillipes (Heterotardigrada, Batillipedidae). Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology, 15, 107 - 118.