Candonidae is a
family
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of
ostracod
Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a class of the Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp. Some 70,000 species (only 13,000 of which are extant) have been identified, grouped into several orders. They are small crustaceans, typic ...
s, containing around 25% of all known species of freshwater ostracods.
Around 75% of genera in the family are
endemic
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to a single
zoogeographic region
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As a multifaceted field of study, zoogeography incorporates methods of molecular biology, genetics, mo ...
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It contains more than 500 species, of which more than 300 are endemic to the
Palearctic realm
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The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...
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Taxonomy
The following genera are recognised in the family Candonidae:
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Aglaiella''
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Aglaiocypris''
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Acandona''
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Allocypria''
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Amphitritecandona''
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Areacandona''
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Baicalocandona''
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Candobrasilopsis''
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Candona''
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Candonopsis''
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Coralliaglaia''
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Cyclocypris''
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Cryptocandona''
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Damonella''
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Deminutiocandona''
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Dolerocypria''
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Electrocypria''
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Eucandona''
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Fabaeformiscandona''
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Gerdocypris''
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Ghardaglaia''
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Hancockcandonopsis''
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Hansacypris''
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Humphreyscandona''
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Indocandona''
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Kempfcyclocypris''
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Kencandona''
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Keysercypria''
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Latinopsis''
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Leicacandona''
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Mangalocypria''
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Mazepovacandona''
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Meischcandona''
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Meridiescandona''
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Mungava''
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Myanmarcypris''
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Neglecandona''
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Neocandona
''Neocandona'' is a genus of ostracods
Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a class of the Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp. Some 70,000 species (only 13,000 of which are extant) have been identified, grouped into several o ...
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Notacandona''
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Origocandona''
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Paracandona''
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Paracypria''
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Paracypris''
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Parapontoparta''
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Phlyctenophora''
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Physocypria
''Physocypria'' is a genus of ostracods belonging to the family Candonidae
Candonidae is a family of ostracods, containing around 25% of all known species of freshwater ostracods. Around 75% of genera in the family are endemic to a single zoo ...
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Pierrecandona''
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Pilbaracandona''
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Pioneercandonopsis''
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Pontoparta''
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Pseudocandona
''Pseudocandona'' is a genus of ostracods in the family Candonidae, containing the following species:
*''Pseudocandona agostinhoi'' Higuti & Martens, 2014
*''Pseudocandona atmeta'' Smith & Kamiya, 2015
*''Pseudocandona cillisi'' Higuti & Martens, ...
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Reconcavona''
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Renaudcypris''
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Salvadoriella''
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Tasmanocypris''
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Thalassocypria''
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Trajancandona''
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Trapezicandona''
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Triangulocypris''
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Typhlocypris
''Typhlocypris'' is a genus of ostracods, which are a small, bivalved crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, ...
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See also
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Fabaeformiscandona aemonae'', an endangered species from Slovenia
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Namibcypris
''Namibcypris costata'' is an extinct species of ostracod crustaceans in the family Candonidae, possibly Endemism, endemic to the southern Kaokoveld in northern Namibia.
References
Freshwater crustaceans of Africa
Candonidae
Podocopida g ...
'', an extinct genus from Namibia
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Typhlocypris
''Typhlocypris'' is a genus of ostracods, which are a small, bivalved crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, ...
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Cyprididae
Cyprididae is "the most diverse group of freshwater ostracods". It contains over 1000 species, which represents 50% of the known species of freshwater ostracods (other speciose families include Candonidae, with 25%, and Limnocytheridae, with 1 ...
, a family containing 50% of all freshwater ostracods
References
External links
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Ostracod families
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