Genus Schellencandona Meisch, 1996
Superfamily: Cypridoidea Baird, 1845
Family: Candonidae Kaufmann, 1900
Subfamily: Candoninae Kaufmann, 1900
One species has been reported from Japan:
1. Schellencandona yakushimaensis Smith & Kamiya, 2006 
Left side view of a Schellencandona yakushimaensis, length about 0.5 mm.
- Additional figures in: Smith & Kamiya 2006.
- Habitat: Springs.
- Mode of life: Benthic.
- Reproductive mode: Asexual. Males unknown.
- Known distribution: Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture.
- References:
- ⚬ Smith, R. J. & Kamiya, T. 2006. Six new species of fresh and brackish water ostracods (Crustacea) from Yakushima, Southern Japan. Hydrobiologia, 559, 331 - 355.