World list of Tardigrada
WoRMS taxon details
Batillipes friaufi Riggin, 1962
342642 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342642)
accepted
Species
marine
Riggin, G.T. (1962). Tardigrada of Southwest Virginia: with the addition of a new marine tardigrade species from Florida. <em>Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin.</em> 152: 1-145. [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype USNM, geounit Florida
, Type locality contained in Gulf of Mexico
Holotype USNM, geounit Florida [details]
type locality contained in Gulf of Mexico [details]
Distribution This species was collected only twice in the intertidal zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
Distribution This species was collected only twice in the intertidal zone in the Gulf of Mexico. [details]
Guidetti, R.; McInnes, S.J.; Kristensen, R.M. (2025). World List of Tardigrada. Batillipes friaufi Riggin, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342642 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Riggin, G.T. (1962). Tardigrada of Southwest Virginia: with the addition of a new marine tardigrade species from Florida. <em>Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin.</em> 152: 1-145. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
[request]basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Other
additional source
Romano III, F. A. 2009. Tardigrada of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 809–813 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Degma, P.; Bertolani, R.; Guidetti, R. (2009-2016). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species. (Assessed 10/02/2017) pp. 46., available online at http://www.tardigrada.modena.unimo.it/miscellanea/Actual%20checklist%20of%20Tardigrada.pdf [details]
additional source Degma, P.; Bertolani, R.; Guidetti, R. (2009-2016). Actual checklist of Tardigrada species. (Assessed 10/02/2017) pp. 46., available online at http://www.tardigrada.modena.unimo.it/miscellanea/Actual%20checklist%20of%20Tardigrada.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM, geounit Florida [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution This species was collected only twice in the intertidal zone in the Gulf of Mexico. [details]
