Candonidae Explained
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]
- Aglaiella
- Aglaiocypris
- Acandona
- Allocypria
- Amphitritecandona
- Areacandona
- Baicalocandona
- Candobrasilopsis
- Candona
- Candonopsis
- Coralliaglaia
- Cyclocypris
- Cryptocandona
- Damonella
- Deminutiocandona
- Dolerocypria
- Electrocypria
- Eucandona
- Fabaeformiscandona
- Gerdocypris
- Ghardaglaia
- Hancockcandonopsis
- Hansacypris
- Humphreyscandona
- Indocandona
- Kempfcyclocypris
- Kencandona
- Keysercypria
- Latinopsis
- Leicacandona
- Mangalocypria
- Mazepovacandona
- Meischcandona
- Meridiescandona
- Mungava
- Myanmarcypris
- Neglecandona
- Neocandona
- Notacandona
- Origocandona
- Paracandona
- Paracypria
- Paracypris
- Parapontoparta
- Phlyctenophora
- Physocypria
- Pierrecandona
- Pilbaracandona
- Pioneercandonopsis
- Pontoparta
- Pseudocandona
- Reconcavona
- Renaudcypris
- Salvadoriella
- Tasmanocypris
- Thalassocypria
- Trajancandona
- Trapezicandona
- Triangulocypris
- Typhlocypris
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Koen Martens . Isa Schön . Claude Meisch . David J. Horne . 2008 . Global diversity of ostracods (Ostracoda, Crustacea) in freshwater . Estelle V. Balian . Christian Lévêque . Hendrik Segers . Koen Martens . Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment . 10.1007/s10750-007-9245-4 . Developments in Hydrobiology . . 978-1-4020-8258-0 . https://books.google.com/books?id=Dw4H6DBHnAgC&pg=PA188.
- http://repository.ias.ac.in/94008/1/some_aspects.pdf 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
- https://books.google.com/books?id=euZDBAAAQBAJ&dq=excluding+the+Candoninae+swim&pg=PA726 Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates: Volume 4: Keys to Palaearctic Fauna
- https://books.google.com/books?id=fvTCJOtISO4C&dq=Paracypridinae+marine+brackish&pg=PA22 Candoninae (Ostracoda) from the Pilbara Region in Western Australia
- https://www.biwahaku.jp/smith/genera/paracypria.html Genus Paracypria Sars, 1910 - Lake Biwa Museum
- https://bioone.org/journals/pacific-science/volume-63/issue-2/049.063.0201/Losing-the-Bounty-Investigating-Species-Richness-in-Isolated-Freshwater-Ecosystems/10.2984/049.063.0201.full Losing the Bounty? Investigating Species Richness in Isolated Freshwater Ecosystems of Oceania
- Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Candonidae Kaufmann, 1900 . 2022-12-12 . www.marinespecies.org.
