Neocaudites subimpressus ( Edwards, 1944 )

Luz, Nathália Carvalho Da & Coimbra, João Carlos, 2022, Ostracods (Crustacea: Ostracoda) of the Vitoria-Trindade Chain, Southwestern Atlantic, Zootaxa 5188 (4), pp. 301-329 : 319

Neocaudites subimpressus ( Edwards, 1944)

Fig. 5 : 14–15

1944 Cythereis subimpressus Edwards , p. 523, pl. 87, figs. 29–30.

2004 Neocaudites subimpressus (Edwards) . Coimbra et al., p. 108, figs. 1–2; p. 114, pl. 2, figs. 5–6 (see this paper for a more complete synonymy).

2009 Neocaudites subimpressus (Edwards) . Coimbra et al., p. 134–135, tabs. 5.4–5.5; p. 137, fig. 5.2f.

2012 Neocaudites subimpressus (Edwards) . Coimbra et al., p. 195, tab. 3.

2020 Neocaudites subimpressus (Edwards) . Machado et al., p.11, fig. 8J; p. 16, tab. 1.

Figured specimen. MP-O-2859, juvenile, open carapace, RV length: 0.474 mm, RV height: 0.237 mm, LV length: 0.475 mm, LV height: 0.267 mm.

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

Material. Dead assemblage: 10 C and 3 juveniles. Living assemblage: 3 adults.

Stratigraphic range. Pliocene to Holocene.

Occurrence and distribution. In the study area, the species occurs in Vitoria, Jaseur, Davis and Dogaressa seamounts, and Trindade Island in the following localities: Lixo Bay and Racha Island ( Tabs. 3 and 4 ). It also occurs in other Brazilian territorial waters (Northern, Northeastern and Eastern shelves, and Rocas Atoll), Cuba, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Belize, and Clipperton Island (the last one in the eastern Pacific Ocean). In the fossil record, it occurs in the United States (Upper Miocene and Pliocene of North Carolina), and Cuba (Pliocene). 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.