original description
Fize, A. (1957). Description d'une espece nouvelle de Tardigrade Batillipes carnonensis n. sp. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 32, 430–433. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
van der Land, J. (2001). Tardigrada, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 236 (look up in IMIS) [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]
From editor or global species database
Distribution This species is known mainly from the Mediterranean basin and three localities in the Bay of Bengal
(Indian coast). These latter reports 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 is found mainly in the intertidal zone in different types of sand but has also
occasionally been collected down to ca. 60 m bsl. [details]