Batillipes philippinensis Chang & Rho 1997
- Dataset
- The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Heterotardigrada
- order
- Arthrotardigrada
- family
- Batillipedidae
- genus
- Batillipes
- species
- Batillipes philippinensis
description
Batillipes philippinensis n. sp. (Chang & Rho 1997 b) Terra typica: Sulu Sea (Republic of the Philippines, Asia) East China Sea: • 33 ° 15 ′ N, 126 ° 34 ′ E; 18 m bsl: [FAO 61] 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: [FAO 71] Republic of the Philippines, Palawan Island, Puerto Princesa, Sabang, coral sand. Chang & Rho (1997 b) Sulu Sea: • 09 ° 54 ′ N, 118 ° 49 ′ E; 1 – 4 m bsl: [FAO 71] Type Locality: Republic of the Philippines, Palawan Island, Snake Island, Honda Bay, coral sand. Chang & Rho (1997 b) Record numbers (Sea / Ocean classification): East China Sea: 1, South China Sea: 1, Sulu Sea: 1; total: 3. Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO 61: 1, FAO 71: 2; total: 3.
discussion
Remarks: This species is known only from a few subtidal localities in Asia, collected only in coral sand.