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...