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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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