Polycope Sars 1866

Genus Polycope Sars, 1866 Remarks. Polycope, the most diversified genus of the family Polycopidae, has been poorly studied in South America, including the Brazilian territorial waters. When recorded, the species are in open nomenclature (e.g., Drozinski et al. 2003; Bergue & Coimbra 2008). Some zoologists, such as Karanovic & Brandão (2015), claim that the carapace morphology of the polycopids would not be enough to distinguish the species. Although such a conclusion seems hasty, we prefer to keep the two species of Polycope in open nomenclature due to the analyzed material being only juveniles.Published as part of Luz, Nathália Carvalho Da & Coimbra, João Carlos, 2022, Ostracods (Crustacea: Ostracoda) of the Vitoria-Trindade Chain, Southwestern Atlantic, pp. 301-329 in Zootaxa 5188 (4) on page 323, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/709551