Candonidae

Male Dolerocypria mukaishimensis, copyright Robin James Smith.

Belongs within: Cypridocopina.
Contains: Pseudocandona, Mixtacandona, Eucandona, Candona, Candonopsini.

The Candonidae are a group of ostracods including the marine Paracypridinae and the non-marine Candoninae. They have an elongate shell with a smooth or weakly ornamented surface.

<==Candonidae [Eucandonidae, Typhlopsida]
    |--Paracandona Hartwig 1899 BB61 [Paracandoninae M61]
    |    |--*P. euplectella (Brady & Norman 1889) [=Candona euplectella] BB61
    |    `--P. reniformis NG13
    |--Lineocypridinae [Lineocyprinae] M61
    |    |--Lineocypris Zalanyi 1929 BB61
    |    |    `--*L. trapezoidea Zalanyi 1929 BB61
    |    `--Fergania Mandelstam in Mandelstam et al. 1957 M61, BB61
    |         `--*F. ferganensis Mandelstam in Mandelstam et al. 1957 BB61
    |--Paracypridinae [Aglaiocyprinae, Paracyprides, Paracyprididae] NT02
    |    |  i. s.: Paracypris Sars 1866 BB61
    |    |           |--*P. polita Sars 1866 BB61
    |    |           |--P. contracta S61
    |    |           |--P. pacifica B61
    |    |           `--P. regularis RR03
    |    |         Phlyctenophora Brady 1880 BB61
    |    |           |--*P. zealandica Brady 1880 BB61
    |    |           `--P. mesembria Wouters 1999 PH13
    |    |         Coralliaglaia Hartmann 1974 DH86
    |    |           `--C. corallicola Hartmann 1974 DH86
    |    |         Macrocyprina Triebel 1960 S-VC91
    |    |           `--M. pacifica S-VC91
    |    |         Aglaiella Daday 1910 BB61
    |    |           `--*A. stagnalis Daday 1910 BB61
    |    |         Aglaiocypris Sylvester-Bradley 1946 [incl. Aglaia Brady 1868 non Swainson 1827] BB61
    |    |           |--*A. pulchella (Brady 1868) [=Aglaia pulchella] BB61
    |    |           `--A. complanata BB61
    |    |         Paracypria Sars 1910 BB61
    |    |           `--*P. tenuis (Sars 1905) [=Paracypris tenuis] BB61
    |    |         Pontocyprella Lyubimova 1955 BB61
    |    |           |--*P. harrisiana (Jones 1849) [=Bairdia harrisiana] BB61
    |    |           `--P. aktagensis BB61
    |    |         Triassocypris pusilla (Kozur 1968) WSB93
    |    `--Thalassocypridini NT02
    |         |--Thalassocypris Hartmann 1955 BB61
    |         |    `--*T. elongata Hartmann 1955 BB61
    |         `--Dolerocypria Tressler 1937 NT02
    |              |--*D. taalensis Tressler 1937 BB61
    |              `--D. mukaishimensis Okubo 1980 NT02
    `--Candoninae [Herpetocyprellinae, Herpetocyprellini] K08
         |  i. s.: Pseudocandona DH86
         |         Mixtacandona DH86
         |         Danielocandona Broodbakker 1983 DH86
         |           `--D. lieshoutae Broodbakker 1983 DH86
         |         Phreatocandona Danielopol 1978 DH86
         |           `--P. motasi Danielopol 1978 DH86
         |         Nannocandona Ekman 1914 DH86
         |           |--*N. faba Ekman 1950 BB61
         |           `--N. stygia Sywula 1976 DH86
         |         Cryptocandona Kaufmann 1900 DH86
         |           |--*C. vavrai Kaufmann 1900 BB61
         |           |--C. brehmi (Klie 1934) DH86
         |           |--C. dudichi (Klie 1930) DH86
         |           |--C. juvavi (Brehm 1954) DH86
         |           |--C. kieferi (Klie 1938) DH86
         |           |--C. leruthi (Klie 1936) DH86
         |           |--C. matris (Sywula 1976) DH86
         |           `--C. phreaticola (Klie 1927) DH86
         |         Eucandona PK04
         |         Herpetocyprella Daday 1909 BB61
         |           `--*H. mongolica Daday 1909 BB61
         |         Microcypris Kaufmann 1900 BB61
         |           `--*M. reptans Kaufmann 1900 BB61
         |         Candoniella Schneider 1956 M61, BB61
         |           |--*C. suzini Schneider 1956 BB61
         |           `--C. habilis NG13
         |         Pontoparta Vávra 1901 M61, BB61
         |           `--*P. rara Vávra 1901 BB61
         |         Typhlocypris Vejdovsky 1882 M61, BB61
         |           `--*T. eremita (Vejdovsky 1880) [=Cypris eremita] BB61
         |         Tuberocypris Swain 1947 M61, BB61
         |           `--*T. acuminatus Swain 1947 BB61
         |         Tuberocyproides Swain 1947 M61, BB61
         |           `--*T. dipleura Swain 1947 BB61
         |         Candona PK04
         `--Candonopsini K08

Candonidae incertae sedis:
  Areacandona triangulum Karanovic 2007 HA13
  Deminutiocandona EHH05
  Humphreyscandona adorea HA13, PH10
  Meridiescandona EHH05
  Neocandona EHH05
  Notacandona EHH05
  Origocandona EHH05
  Pilbaracandona rosa Karanovic 2007 HA13
  Arunella Brady 1913 BB61
    `--*A. subsalsa Brady 1913 BB61
  Candocypria Furtos 1933 BB61
    `--*C. osburni Furtos 1933 BB61
  Caspiollina Mandelstam 1957 BB61
    `--*C. uschakensis Mandelstam 1957 BB61
  Limnocypridea Lyubimova 1956 BB61
    `--*L. abscondida Lyubimova 1956 BB61
  Liventalina Schneider in Mandelstam et al. 1958 BB61
    `--*L. dagadjikensis (Markova 1956) [=Herpetocypris dagadjikensis] BB61
  Pachecoia Almeida 1950 BB61
    `--*P. rodriguesi Almeida 1950 BB61
  Parapontoparta Hartmann 1955 BB61
    `--*P. arcuata Hartmann 1955 BB61
  Siphlocandona Brady 1910 BB61
    `--*S. similis (Baird 1845) [=Candona similis] BB61
  Thalassocypria Hartmann 1957 BB61
    `--*T. aestuarina Hartmann 1957 BB61
  Thaminocypris Zalanyi 1944 BB61
    `--*T. declinata Zalanyi 1944 BB61
  Cetacella Martin 1958 WSB93, BB61
    `--*C. inermis Martin 1958 BB61

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B61] Benson, R. H. 1961. Ecology of ostracode assemblages. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt Q. Arthropoda 3: Crustacea: Ostracoda pp. Q56–Q63. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.

[BB61] Benson, R. H., J. M. Berdan, W. A. van den Bold, T. Hanai, I. Hessland, H. V. Howe, R. V. Kesling, S. A. Levinson, R. A. Reyment, R. C. Moore, H. W. Scott, R. H. Shaver, I. G. Sohn, L. E. Stover, F. M. Swain & P. C. Sylvester-Bradley. 1961. Systematic descriptions. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt Q. Arthropoda 3: Crustacea: Ostracoda pp. Q99–Q421. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.

[DH86] Danielopol, D. L., & G. Hartmann. 1986. Ostracoda. In: Botosaneanu, L. (ed.) Stygofauna Mundi: A Faunistic, Distributional, and Ecological Synthesis of the World Fauna inhabiting Subterranean Waters (including the Marine Interstitial) pp. 265–294. E. J. Brill/Dr W. Backhuys: Leiden.

[EHH05] Eberhard, S. M., S. A. Halse & W. F. Humphreys. 2005. Stygofauna in the Pilbara region, north-west Western Australia: a review. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 88 (4): 167–176.

[HA13] Humphreys, G., J. Alexander, M. S. Harvey & W. F. Humphreys. 2013. The subterranean fauna of Barrow Island, north-western Australia: 10 years on. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 145–158.

[K08] Karanovic, I. 2008. A new species of the genus Candonopsis (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 24 (4): 411–419.

[M61] Moore, R. C. 1961. Supplement—USSR treatise on Ostracoda. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt Q. Arthropoda 3: Crustacea: Ostracoda pp. Q422–Q429. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.

[NT02] Nakao, Y., & A. Tsukagoshi. 2002. Brackish-water Ostracoda (Crustacea) from the Obitsu River estuary, central Japan. Species Diversity 7 (1): 67–115.

[NG13] Ni, X., D. L. Gebo, M. Dagosto, J. Meng, P. Tafforeau, J. J. Flynn & K. C. Beard. 2013. The oldest known primate skeleton and early haplorhine evolution. Nature 498: 60–64.

[PK04] Petkovski, T. K., & I. Karanovic. 2004. Eucandona svetozari sp. n., a frehwater ostracod from Macedonia (SE Europe) (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Candoninae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 83 (2): 103–111.

[PH10] Pinder, A. M., S. A. Halse, R. J. Shiel & J. M. McRae. 2010. An arid zone awash with diversity: patterns in the distribution of aquatic invertebrates in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 78 (1): 205–246.

[PH13] Poore, G. C. B., & W. F. Humphreys. 2013. Bunderanthura bundera gen. et sp. nov. from Western Australia, first anchialine Leptanthuridae (Isopoda) from the Southern Hemisphere. Records of the Western Australian Museum 28 (1): 21–29.

[RR03] Rossi, A., J. Rey, B. Andreu & K. Taj-Eddine. 2003. Apport des ostracodes à l’interprétation séquentielle du Crétacé inférieur (Berriasien–Valanginien) du bassin d’Essaouira-Agadir (Maroc). Comptes Rendus Palevol 2: 133–141.

[S61] Scott, H. W. 1961. Shell morphology of Ostracoda. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt Q. Arthropoda 3: Crustacea: Ostracoda pp. Q21–Q37. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.

[S-VC91] Segura-Vernis, L. R., & A. L. Carreño. 1991. Foraminíferos y ostrácodos de la Laguna de La Paz, Baja California Sur, México. Inv. Mar. CICIMAR 6 (1): 195–224.

[WSB93] Whatley, R. C., D. J. Siveter & I. D. Boomer. 1993. Arthropoda (Crustacea: Ostracoda). In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 343–356. Chapman & Hall: London.

Last updated: 25 September 2020.