Candonidae

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Candonidae
Candona candida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Podocopida
Superfamily: Cypridoidea
Family: Candonidae
Kaufmann, 1900
Subfamilies

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 Palearctic realm.[1]

Cyclocypridinae are generally good swimmers,[2] but Candoninae is unable to swim.[3]

Paracypridinae lives in marine and brackish waters,[4] although a few can live in freshwater.[5][6]

Taxonomy

The following genera are recognised in the family Candonidae:[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Koen Martens; Isa Schön; Claude Meisch; David J. Horne (2008). "Global diversity of ostracods (Ostracoda, Crustacea) in freshwater". In Estelle V. Balian; Christian Lévêque; Hendrik Segers; Koen Martens (eds.). Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Developments in Hydrobiology. Springer. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9245-4. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0.
  2. ^ Some aspects of the paleoecology and distribution of non-marine ostracoda from Upper Cretaceous intertrappean deposits and the Lameta Formation of peninsular India – page 67
  3. ^ Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates: Volume 4: Keys to Palaearctic Fauna
  4. ^ Candoninae (Ostracoda) from the Pilbara Region in Western Australia
  5. ^ Genus Paracypria Sars, 1910 - Lake Biwa Museum
  6. ^ Losing the Bounty? Investigating Species Richness in Isolated Freshwater Ecosystems of Oceania
  7. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Candonidae Kaufmann, 1900". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-12.

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