The genus
Copytus Skogsberg, 1939 was erected based on
C. caligula, recovered from bottom sediments of the South Georgia Island, Antarctica. However, we propose herein that Skogsberg’s species is a junior synonym of
Cytherideis laevata Brady, 1880 also collected from Antarctica and, therefore,
Copytus laevata (Brady, 1880) becomes the type species. The position of the genus
Copytus in the family Neocytherideidae is discussed, and a new family is proposed. In addition, we consider the genus
Neocopytus Kulkoyluoglu, Colin & Kilic, 2007 invalid, and some of its species are transferred to
Copytus. Finally, two new species of
Copytus are herein described,
C. cuspidata sp. nov. and
C. wuerdigae sp. nov., and their geographic, bathymetric and stratigraphic distributions are discussed.