Candonidae

Candonidae
Candona candida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Ostracoda
Order:	Podocopida
Superfamily:	Cypridoidea
Family:	Candonidae Kaufmann, 1900
Subfamilies
Candoninae Cyclocypridinae Paracypridinae

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, but Candoninae is unable to swim.

Paracypridinae lives in marine and brackish waters, although a few can live in freshwater.

Taxonomy

The following genera are recognised in the family Candonidae:

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