Tags: Crustacean.

Not to be confused with Cyprinidae a family of fish.Cyprididae is the most diverse group of freshwater ostracods. It contains 1000 species which represents 50% of the known species of freshwater ostracods (other speciose families include Candonidae with 25% and Limnocytheridae with 10%). Around 60% of genera in the family are endemic to a single zoogeographic region. The family contains 25 subfamilies and is most diverse in the Afrotropic ecozone with over 300 species in 45 genera.

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