Candonidae | |
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Candona candida | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Ostracoda |
Order: | Podocopida |
Superfamily: | Cypridoidea |
Family: | Candonidae Kaufmann, 1900 |
Subfamilies | |
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]