# Candona

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{{Short description|Genus of seed shrimps}}
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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|314.6|0}}
| image = Candona muelleri.pdf
| image_caption = Shells of ''[Candona muelleri](/source/Candona_muelleri)''
| taxon = Candona
| authority = [Baird](/source/William_Baird_(physician)), 1845<ref name=Baird/>
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'''''Candona''''' is a genus of [ostracods](/source/Ostracoda) in the family [Candonidae](/source/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](/source/William_Baird_(physician)).<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" /> 
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*''[Candona artesensis](/source/Candona_artesensis)'' {{small|Swain, 1964 †}}
*''[Candona chusanhai](/source/Candona_chusanhai)'' {{small|Hu & Tao, 2008}}
*''[Candona condensa](/source/Candona_condensa)'' {{small|Krömmelbein, 1962 †}}
*''[Candona elliptica](/source/Candona_elliptica)'' {{small|Furtos, 1933}}
*''[Candona gregaria](/source/Candona_gregaria)'' {{small|Krömmelbein, 1962 †}}
*''[Candona lupinia](/source/Candona_lupinia)'' {{small|Hu & Tao, 2008}}
*''[Candona neglecta](/source/Candona_neglecta)'' {{small|G.O. Sars, 1887}}
*''[Candona nobilis](/source/Candona_nobilis)'' {{small|(Brady, 1866) Mostafawi, 1989}}
*''[Candona parasinuosa](/source/Candona_parasinuosa)'' {{small|Hu & Tao, 2008 †}}
*''[Candona patzcuaro](/source/Candona_patzcuaro)'' {{small|Tressler, 1954}}
*''[Candona pitangaensis](/source/Candona_pitangaensis)'' {{small|Krömmelbein, 1965 †}}
*''[Candona quasiincarum](/source/Candona_quasiincarum)'' {{small|Karanovic & Datry, 2009}}
*''[Candona redunca](/source/Candona_redunca)'' {{small|Krömmelbein, 1962 †}}
*''[Candona rupestris](/source/Candona_rupestris)''
*''[Candona shitsyi](/source/Candona_shitsyi)'' {{small|Hu & Tao, 2008}}
*''[Candona sillae](/source/Candona_sillae)'' {{small|Karanovic & Lee, 2012}}
*''[Candona verretensis](/source/Candona_verretensis)'' {{small|LeRoy, 1964}}
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== References ==
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* {{cite Q|Q29473471}}

== External links ==
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* {{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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