金星介科

金星介科（學名：，又名腺状介虫科或腺介虫科，是尾肢目之下生物多樣性程度最高的一個科，包括有上千個物種，佔所有已知的淡水介形綱物種的50%（餘下的有25%物種屬於玻璃介科、10%屬於），而且本科有約60%的屬是动物地理学上一個地域的特有種。

分類
整個金星介科的分類單元可以再細分為25個亞科，而在埃塞俄比亚界（非洲熱帶界）最為多樣化，有45個屬、超過300個物種。這25個亞科分別為：
Batucyprettinae - Bradycypridinae - Callistocypridinae - Cyprettinae - Cypricercinae - Cypridinae - Cypridopsinae - Cyprinotinae - Diacypridinae - Dolerocypridinae - Eucypridinae - Herpetocyprellinae - Herpetocypridinae - Hungarocypridinae - Isocypridinae - Limanocypridinae - Liocypridinae - Megalocypridinae - Mytilocypridinae - Ngarawinae - Pelocypridinae - Rudjakoviellinae - Scottiinae

Many Cyprididae occur in temporary water bodies and have drought-resistant eggs, mixed/parthenogenetic reproduction and ability to swim. These biological attributes pre-adapt them to form successful radiations in these habitats.  is an interesting genus of the family Cyprididae. It may be the last true descendant genus of the Mesozoic (and now extinct) lineage of Cypridea, which was a dominant lineage of ostracod in non-marine waters in the 白垩纪.

屬
以下為較為常見的屬及物種：
阿婦羅介屬 Afrocypris - Amphicypris - Ampullacypris - Apatelecypris - Argentocypris - 
Austromesocypris -  - Bradleystrandesia - Callistocypris - Candocypria - 玻璃介屬 Candona - Candonocypris - Cavernocypris -  - Cyclocypria - Cyclocypris - Cypretta - Cypria - 尾星介屬 Cypricercus - Cypriconcha - 鎧金星介屬 Cypridopsis - 圓金星介屬 Cyprinotus - Cypris - Diacypris - Dolerocypris - 真金星介屬 Eucypris - Eundacypris - Eurycypris - Goniocypris - Hemicypris - Herpetocypris - 异壳介虫属 Heterocypris  - Hypselecypris - Ilyodromus - Isocypris -  - Karshicypridea - Klieopsis - Koencypris -   - Madagascarcypris - Mecynocypria - Megalocypris - Mesocypris - 小金星介屬 Microcypris - 新玻璃介屬 Neocandona - Neocypridopsis - Paracypria - Pelocypris - Physocypria -  - Prionocypris - 假金星介屬 Pseudoeucypris - Pseudoilyocypris - Psychrodromus - Sarscypridopsis - Sclerocypris -  - Spirocypris - Stenocypria - Stenocypris - Strandesia - Tanganyikacypris - Tanycypris - Thermopsis - Tonnacypris - Trajancypris -

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