Candonidae
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| Candona candida | |
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| Family: | Candonidae , 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 Palearctic realm.[1]
Overview of genera[]
- - - Areacandona - - - - Candona - Candonopsis - - - - Cyclocypris - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Namibcypris - - Neocandona - - - - - Physocypria - - - - - - - - - Typhlocypris -
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[]
- ^ 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.
External links[]
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- Candonidae
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