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 zoogeographic region. It contains more than 500 species, of which more than 300 are endemic to the Palearctic realm.
| Candonidae | |
|---|---|
| Candona candida | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Ostracoda |
| Order: | Podocopida |
| Superfamily: | Cypridoidea |
| Family: | Candonidae Kaufmann, 1900 |
| Subfamilies | |
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Cyclocypridinae are generally good swimmers, but Candoninae is unable to swim.
Paracypridinae lives in marine and brackish waters, although a few can live in freshwater.
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