Caudites seminudus Whatley & Keeler, 1989

Luz, Nathália Carvalho Da & Coimbra, João Carlos, 2022, Ostracods (Crustacea: Ostracoda) of the Vitoria-Trindade Chain, Southwestern Atlantic, Zootaxa 5188 (4), pp. 301-329 : 317-318

Caudites seminudus Whatley & Keeler, 1989

Fig. 5 : 7–8

1989 Caudites seminudus Whatley & Keeler , p. 68-69, pl. 1, figs. 2–5.

1992 Caudites seminudus Whatley & Keeler. Coimbra et al. , p. 96, pl. 1, fig. 11, tabs. 1–4.

2005 Caudites seminudus Whatley & Keeler. Machado et al. , p. 243, pl. 3, fig. 2, tab. 1.

2011 Caudites seminudus Whatley & Keeler. Coimbra & Bergue , p. 203, fig. 3.17B.

2012 Caudites seminudus Whatley & Keeler. Coimbra & Carreño , p. 194, tab. 2; p. 195, tab. 3; p. 202, appx. 1.

2019 Caudites seminudus Whatley & Keeler. Morais & Coimbra , p. 77, figs. 6C–D, tabs. 1–2.

Figured specimens. MP-O-2854, RV, length: 0.479 mm, height: 0.261 mm; MP-O-2855, LV, length: 0.495 mm, height: 0.267 mm.

Locality. Trindade Island , site Lixo Bay, Sample M17022 N.

Material. Dead assemblage: 8 RV, 23 LV, 88 C, and 28 juveniles . Living assemblage: 49 adults.

Stratigraphic range. Holocene.

Occurrence and distribution. In the study area, the species occurs in Trindade Island in the following localities: Lixo Bay, Racha Island, Orelhas Bay, North Tip, Crista do Galo Pool, Cabritos Beach, Portugueses Bay, Calheta Beach, Andradas Beach, and Tartarugas Parcel ( Tab. 3 ). It also occurs in other Brazilian territorial waters (Northeastern shelf to the northern part of the Southern shelf, Rocas Atoll, Tamandaré Bay, littoral of the States of São Paulo and Santa Catarina) and Reunion Island (see references in the synonymy list).

Figures

FIGURE 5. 1–2: Auradilus convolutus. 1) MP-O-2849, RV; 2) MP-O-2850, LV. 3–4: Caudites exmouthensis. 3) MP-O-2851, RV; 4) MP-O-2851, LV. 5–6: Caudites obliquecostatus. 5) MP-O-2852, RV; 6) MP-O-2853, LV. 7–8: Caudites seminudus. 7) MP-O-2854, RV; 8) MP-O-2855, LV. 9) Coquimba cf. C. punctata, MP-O-2858, RV. 10–11: Cornucoquimba decorata. 10) MP-O-2856, RV; 11) MP-O-2856, LV. 12–13: Cornucoquimba nana. 12) MP-O-2857, RV; 13) MP-O-2857, LV. 14– 15: Neocaudites subimpressus. 14) MP-O-2859, carapace, juvenile, RV; 15) MP-O-2859, carapace, juvenile, LV. 16–17: Neohornibrookella trindadensis. 16) MP-O-2860, RV; 17) MP-O-2861, LV. 18–19: Australimoosella polypleuron. 18) MP-O- 2862, carapace, A-1, RV; 19) MP-O-2863, A-1, LV. 20–21: Puriana variabilis. 20) MP-O-2864, RV; 21) MP-O-2865, LV. 22) Polycope sp. 1, MP-O-2866, juvenile, RV. 23) Polycope sp. 2, MP-O-2867, juvenile, LV. Scale bar: 100 µm.