Candonidae
Encyclopedia
Candonidae is a family
of ostracod
s, 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 Palaearctic ecozone.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of ostracod
Ostracod
Ostracoda is a class of the Crustacea, sometimes known as the seed shrimp because of their appearance. Some 65,000 species have been identified, grouped into several orders....
s, 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 Palaearctic ecozone.
See also
- Fabaeformiscandona aemonae, an endangered species from Slovenia
- NamibcyprisNamibcyprisNamibcypris costata is a species of ostracod crustacean in the family Candonidae, possibly endemic to the southern Kaokoveld in northern Namibia....
, an extinct genus from Namibia - TyphlocyprisTyphlocyprisTyphlocypris is a genus of ostracods, which are a class of small, bivalved crustaceans. It includes Pseudocandona, formerly recognised as a separate genus, as one of its two constituent subgenera...
- CyprididaeCyprididaeCyprididae is "the most diverse group of freshwater ostracods". It contains 1000 species, which represents 50% of the known species of freshwater ostracods . Around 60% of genera in the family are endemic to a single zoogeographic region...
, a family containing 50% of all freshwater ostracods