Candonopsini

Right valve of male Candonopsis tenuis, copyright Robin James Smith.

Belongs within: Candonidae.

The Candonopsini are a group of candonid ostracods characterised by the absence of a proximal seta on the caudal ramus.

<==Candonopsini
    |--Marococandona Marmonier, Boulal & Idbennacer 2005 K08
    |--Cubacandona Broodbakker 1983 K08
    |    `--C. cubensis (Danielopol 1978) [=Caribecandona (Cubacandona) cubensis] DH86
    |--Pioneercandonopsis Karanovic 2005 K08
    |    `--P. hancocki Karanovic 2007 K08
    |--Caribecandona Broodbakker 1983 K08
    |    |--C. ansa Broodbakker 1983 DH86
    |    |--C. auricularia Broodbakker 1983 DH86
    |    `--C. trapezoidea Broodbakker 1983 DH86
    `--Candonopsis Vávra 1891 K08
         |  i. s.: C. anisitsi Daday 1905 T56
         |         C. boui Danielopol 1978 DH86
         |         C. putealis Klie 1932 DH86
         |         C. thienemanni Schäfer 1945 DH86
         |         C. trichota Schäfer 1945 DH86
         |--C. (Candonopsis) K08
         |    |--*C. (C.) kingsleyi (Brady & Robertson 1870) [=Candona kingsleyi] BB61
         |    |--C. (C.) dani Karanovic & Marmonier 2002 K08
         |    |--C. (C.) kimberleyi Karanovic & Marmonier 2002 K08
         |    |--C. (C.) murchisoni Karanovic & Marmonier 2002 K08
         |    |--C. (C.) tenuis (Brady 1886) K08
         |    `--C. (C.) westaustraliensis Karanovic & Marmonier 2002 K08
         `--C. (Abcandonopsis Karanovic 2004) K08
              |--C. (A.) aula Karanovic 2004 K08
              |--C. (A.) dedeckkeri Karanovic 2007 K08
              |--C. (A.) inaffecta Karanovic 2007 K08
              |--C. (A.) indoles Karanovic 2004 K08
              |--C. (A.) linnaei Karanovic 2008 K08
              |--C. (A.) pilbarae Karanovic 2007 K08
              `--C. (A.) williami Karanovic & Marmonier 2002 K08

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[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.

[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.

[T56] Tressler, W. L. 1956. Ostracoda from bromeliads in Jamaica and Florida. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46 (10): 333–336.