Copytus elongatus Benson 1964

• Main Authors: Coimbra, João Carlos, Bergue, Cristianini Trescastro, Ramos, Maria Inês Feijó
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Ostracoda; Podocopida; Neocytherideidae; Copytus; Copytus elongatus; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Sea; King George Island; Victoria Land; Heard Island; McMurdo Sound; Bransfield Strait; South Orkney Islands; Elephant Island; Faraday; Adelaide Island; Ramos; Drygalski; British Antarctic Territory; Drygalski Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarktis*; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5665880; https://zenodo.org/record/5665880

Copytus elongatus Benson, 1964. While C. laevata (senior synonym of C. caligula ) is rather thin-shelled, another Antarctic species Copytus elongatus Benson, 1964, is more robust. It is smaller (l = 0.79–0.83 mm) than C. laevata (l = 0.94–1.02 mm), but also has vestibulae in both ends, and few short marginal pore canals, although numerous are false. Its hinge is similarly adont, but more robust, and its outline is rounded anteriorly and posteriorly. The adductor muscles leave an obscure small cluster of scars; the frontal scar is not visible in this species. Apart from its stronger shell and more robust hinge, Benson (1964, p. 17) stated that C. elongatus differs from C. laevata by its “narrower-mouthed, deep anterior vestibule and shallower posterior vestibule.” Neale (1967, p. 28) separated these two species mainly on their length: height ratio. He demonstrated that in his material of C. elongatus and Benson’s type material the height of the specimens varied between about 41 and 43% of the length compared with about 33% for Skogsberg’s C. caligula from South Georgia, 33 to 39% for Brady’s type material of C. laevata from Heard Island and 39% for Chapman’s (1916) Quaternary material from the Drygalski Glacier (Antarctic Peninsula). Neale’s photographs (pl. I, figs q, q’, r, r’) emphasised the very straight and parallel dorsal and ventral margins of C. elongatus . Benson’s species is recorded widely throughout Antarctic waters, the most northerly record being in the South Orkney Islands. Benson (1964) and Neale (1967) record it from McMurdo Sound and Halley Bay, respectively, and Hartmann (1997) from a number of localities including the Bransfield Strait, Elephant Island, King George Island, Adelaide Island and Faraday Station. Hartmann (1997, p. 75) gave a synonymy of the species, which, however, excluded the record by D’Onofrio & Pugliese (1989 apud Hartmann 1997) from the Ross Sea. : Published as part of Coimbra, João Carlos, Bergue, Cristianini Trescastro & Ramos, Maria Inês Feijó, 2020, Is Copytus Skogsberg, 1939 (Crustacea: Ostracoda) a neocytherideid? With description of a new family and two new species, pp. 177-194 in Zootaxa 4729 (2) on page 183, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3632249 : {"references": ["Benson, R. H. (1964) Recent Cytheracean Ostracodes from McMurdo Sound and the Ross Sea, Antarctica. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Arthropoda, 6, 1 - 36.", "Neale J. W. (1967) An ostracod fauna from Halley Bay, Coast Land, British Antarctic Territory. British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports, 58, 1 - 59.", "Chapman, F. (1916) Report on the Ostracoda and Foraminifera from elevated deposits on the shores of the Ross Sea. Section 2. Ostracoda from upthrust muds above the Drygalski Glacier. In: British Antarctic Expedition 1907 - 1909. Reports of the Scientific Investigations. Geology. Vol. 2. Contributions to the palaeontology and petrology of south Victoria Land. Pt. 3. William Heineman, London, pp. 55 - 80.", "Hartmann, G. (1997) Antarktische und Subantarktische Podocopa (Ostracoda). In: Wagele, J. W. & Sesieg, J. (Eds.), Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos. Teil 7. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, pp. 9 - 355."]}