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Candona
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Cyprididae
Subfamily:
Candoninae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Candona BAIRD, 1845
Type Species:
Cypris reptans BAIRD, 1835; SO BAIRD, 1846]
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Fig. 167,2. *Candona reptans (BAIRD), Rec., Brit.!s.; 2a,b, carapace L, dors., X20; 2c, RV int., X20; 2d, into and vent. margin enlarged showing pore canals (314).
Synonyms
Erpetocypris, Herpetocypris
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Tert.
Beginning International Stage:
Danian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
66.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Large (2.5 mm.), elongate, subelliptical, compressed; dorsum nearly straight; venter concave; ends rounded, posterior broader; LV larger than RV; surface smooth; inner lamellae broadest anteriorly; complex radial canals; parthenogenetic. [Fresh-water.]
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Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Cyprididae
Subfamily:
Candoninae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Candona BAIRD, 1845
Type Species:
Cypris reptans BAIRD, 1835; SO BAIRD, 1846]
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 167,2. *Candona reptans (BAIRD), Rec., Brit.!s.; 2a,b, carapace L, dors., X20; 2c, RV int., X20; 2d, into and vent. margin enlarged showing pore canals (314).
Synonyms
Erpetocypris, Herpetocypris
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Tert.
Beginning International Stage:
Danian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
66.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Large (2.5 mm.), elongate, subelliptical, compressed; dorsum nearly straight; venter concave; ends rounded, posterior broader; LV larger than RV; surface smooth; inner lamellae broadest anteriorly; complex radial canals; parthenogenetic. [Fresh-water.]