Cyprideis bensoni Sandberg 1966

Cyprideis bensoni Sandberg, 1966

Cyprideis littoralis (Brady).—Swain, 1955, pp. 615–616, figs. 38, 5a–b, pl. 59; figs, 11a–c.

Cyprideis locketti (Stephenson).—Swain, 1955 (part), pl. 64: fig. 13 [not p. 615, pl. 59: figs. 10a–c (= Cyprideis salebrosa van den Bold, 1963)].

Cyprideis castus Benson.—Sandberg, 1964a, pp. 102–111, pl. 7: figs. 1–14, pl. 8: figs. 1–9, pl. 16: fig. 5, pl. 19: fig. 11, pl. 20: fig. 12, pl. 21: fig. 4, pl. 23: figs. 1-10. [Not Cyprideis (Goerlichia) castus Benson, 1959, p. 46, pl. 2: figs. 4a–c, pl. 9: fig. 10]

SIZE.—Right valve of adult: length 0.87 mm; height 0.45 mm. Left valve of adult: length 0.89 mm; height 0.47 mm.

MATERIAL—In bottom samples 255 specimens collected from Copano Bay.

OCCURRENCE.—The specimens illustrated are from Station 17 in Copano Bay, collection number 021659–3. The species was found only at Stations 15 and 17 in Copano Bay, where it was rare to abundant.