Candonidae
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| Family: | Candonidae Kaufmann, 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 Palaearctic ecozone.[1]
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). Estelle V. Balian, Christian Lévêque, Hendrik Segers & Koen Martens (ed.). "Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment". Hydrobiologia. Developments in Hydrobiology. 198. Springer: 185–193. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9245-4. ISBN 9781402082580.
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