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 zoogeographic region. It contains more than 500 species, of which more than 300 are endemic to the Palearctic realm.
Cyclocypridinae are generally good swimmers,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 but Candoninae is unable to swim.Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates: Volume 4: Keys to Palaearctic Fauna
Paracypridinae lives in marine and brackish waters,Candoninae (Ostracoda) from the Pilbara Region in Western Australia although a few can live in freshwater.Genus Paracypria Sars, 1910 - Lake Biwa MuseumLosing the Bounty? Investigating Species Richness in Isolated Freshwater Ecosystems of Oceania
Taxonomy The following genera are recognised in the family Candonidae:
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 Fabaeformiscandona aemonae, an endangered species from Slovenia Namibcypris, an extinct genus from Namibia Typhlocypris Cyprididae, a family containing 50% of all freshwater ostracods
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