Candonidae
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Ostracoda |
Order: | Podocopida |
Family: | Candonidae Kaufmann, 1900 |
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Candonidae is a family of ostracods, containing around 25% of all known species of freshwater ostracods.[1] Around 75% of genera in the family are endemic to a single zoogeographic region.[1] It contains more than 500 species, of which more than 300 are endemic to the Palaearctic ecozone.[1]
Overview of genera
Acandona - Allocypria - Amphitritecandona - Areacandona - Baicalocandona - Bicornucandona - Caaporacandona - Candona - Candonopsis - Caribecandona - Cryptocandona - Cubacandona - Cyclocypris - Cypria - Danielocandona - Deminutiocandona - Earicandona - Eucandona - Fabaeformiscandona - Humphreyscandona - Indocandona - Kempfcyclocypris - Kencandona - Keysercypria - Lacalgida - Latinopsis - Leicacandona - Marmocandona - Marococandona - Meischcandona - Meridiescandona - Metohicandona - Mixtacandona - Namibcypris - Nannocandona - Neocandona - Notacandona - Origocandona - Paracandona - Phreatocandona - Physocypria - Pierrecandona - Pilbaracandona - Pioneercandonopsis - Schellencandona - Terrestricandona - Terrestricypris - Trajancandona - Trapezicandona - Typhlocypris - Undulacandona
See also
- Fabaeformiscandona aemonae, an endangered species from Slovenia
- Namibcypris, an extinct genus from Namibia
- Typhlocypris
- Cyprididae, a family containing 50% of all freshwater ostracods
References
- 1 2 3 Koen Martens; Isa Schön; Claude Meisch; David J. Horne (2008). Estelle V. Balian; Christian Lévêque; Hendrik Segers; Koen Martens, eds. "Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment". Hydrobiologia. Developments in Hydrobiology. Springer. 595: 185–193. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9245-4.
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External links
- Data related to Candonidae at Wikispecies