{{Short description|Genus of seed shrimps}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|314.6|0}} | image = Candona muelleri.pdf | image_caption = Shells of ''Candona muelleri'' | taxon = Candona | authority = Baird, 1845<ref name=Baird/> }}

'''''Candona''''' is a genus of ostracods in the family Candonidae.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - ''Candona'' Baird, 1845 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415154 |access-date=2026-03-17 |website=www.marinespecies.org}}</ref> The genus was first described in 1845 by William Baird.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=Baird>{{cite Q|Q138710875|pages=145-158 [152]}} {{BHL page|2408356}}</ref> The type species is ''Cypris candida'' Müller, 1776.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Baird" />

== Taxonomy== The following species are recognised in the genus ''Candona:''<ref name=":0" /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *''Candona artesensis'' {{small|Swain, 1964 †}} *''Candona chusanhai'' {{small|Hu & Tao, 2008}} *''Candona condensa'' {{small|Krömmelbein, 1962 †}} *''Candona elliptica'' {{small|Furtos, 1933}} *''Candona gregaria'' {{small|Krömmelbein, 1962 †}} *''Candona lupinia'' {{small|Hu & Tao, 2008}} *''Candona neglecta'' {{small|G.O. Sars, 1887}} *''Candona nobilis'' {{small|(Brady, 1866) Mostafawi, 1989}} *''Candona parasinuosa'' {{small|Hu & Tao, 2008 †}} *''Candona patzcuaro'' {{small|Tressler, 1954}} *''Candona pitangaensis'' {{small|Krömmelbein, 1965 †}} *''Candona quasiincarum'' {{small|Karanovic & Datry, 2009}} *''Candona redunca'' {{small|Krömmelbein, 1962 †}} *''Candona rupestris'' *''Candona shitsyi'' {{small|Hu & Tao, 2008}} *''Candona sillae'' {{small|Karanovic & Lee, 2012}} *''Candona verretensis'' {{small|LeRoy, 1964}} {{div col end}}

== References == {{Reflist}} * {{cite Q|Q29473471}}

== External links == * {{Wikispecies-inline}} * {{Commons-inline}} * {{EOL|14464}} * {{fossilworks|id=236965 |title=''Candona'' |date= }} * [http://insectoid.info/ostracoda/podocopida/candonidae/candona_genus/ ''Candona'']{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at insectoid.info

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Category:Candonidae Category:Podocopida genera Category:Taxa named by William Baird (physician) Category:Animals described in 1845

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