Home Introduction What is an ostracod? World species list Southern Ocean list About the authors Bibliography Acknowledgements Links Last updated 14 March 2008 Southern Ocean list > Vityazoecia lunata > Notes Vityazoecia lunata Drawings   Maps Download species PDF Vityazoecia lunata (Deevey, 1978) Records: 2 (plus one very tentative record in very deep water in N. Atlantic). This species has only been reliably recorded twice and may be endemic to the Southern Ocean. However, similar looking specimens have been taken at depths of 3000m in the North Atlantic, so it may prove to be a widespread species at abyssopelagic depths.