Ostracods (Crustacea: Ostracoda) of the Vitoria-Trindade Chain, Southwestern Atlantic Author Luz, Nathália Carvalho Da 0000-0001-5426-2450 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geociências / Paleontologia, Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil. ncarvalho. luz @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5426 - 2450 & Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Ciências da Terra e Ecologia, 66077 - 830, Belém-PA, Brasil. ncarvalho.luz@gmail.com Author Coimbra, João Carlos 0000-0002-8980-6531 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Departamento de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia, Caixa Postal 15001, 91501 - 970, Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil. joao. coimbra @ ufrgs. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8980 - 6531 joao.coimbra@ufrgs.br text Zootaxa 2022 2022-09-20 5188 4 301 329 journal article 148091 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.4.1 a393c65c-bd62-4f10-b6a6-d37eba7b9400 1175-5326 7095512 764AFF3F-2C0A-44C3-A398-31D66535C5AC 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.