Nebalia
Encyclopedia
Nebalia is a genus
of small crustacean
s containing more than half of the species in the order
Leptostraca
, with around 30 species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s containing more than half of the species in the order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
Leptostraca
Leptostraca
Leptostraca is an order of small, marine crustaceans. Its members, including the well-studied Nebalia, occur throughout the world's oceans and are usually considered to be filter-feeders. It is the only extant order in the subclass Phyllocarida...
, with around 30 species:
- Nebalia abyssicola Ledoyer, 1997
- Nebalia antarctica Dahl, 1990
- Nebalia biarticulata Ledoyer, 1997
- Nebalia bipesNebalia bipesNebalia bipes is a species of leptostracan crustacean, and the first species in the order to have been described . It lives in coastal waters at depths of , under stones or among decaying organic matter where it is common and sometimes abundant. Its predators include the fish Merlangius merlangus...
(Fabricius, 1780) - Nebalia borealis Dahl, 1985
- Nebalia brucei Olesen, 1999
- Nebalia cannoni Dahl, 1990
- Nebalia capensis Barnard, 1914
- Nebalia clausi Dahl, 1985
- Nebalia dahli Kazmi & Tirmizi, 1989
- Nebalia daytoni Vetter, 1996
- Nebalia falklandensis Dahl, 1990
- Nebalia geoffroyi Milne-Edwards, 1928
- Nebalia gerkenae Haney & Martin, 2000
- Nebalia herbstiiNebalia herbstiiNebalia herbstii is a leptostracan found in the north east Atlantic, including Galway Bay, Ireland. It is found in the intertidal zone in sandy and rocky shores. Total lengths are usually in the range of . N...
Leach, 1814 - Nebalia hessleri Martin, Vetter & Cash-Clark, 1996
- Nebalia ilheoensis Kensley, 1976
- Nebalia kensleyi Haney & Martin, 2005
- Nebalia kocatasi Moreira, Kocak & Katagan, 2007
- Nebalia lagartensis Escobar-Briones & Villalobos-Hiriart, 1995
- Nebalia longicornis Thomson, 1879
- Nebalia marerubri Wägele, 1983
- Nebalia melanophthalma Ledoyer, 2002
- Nebalia mortoni Lee & Bamber, 2011
- Nebalia neocaledoniensis Ledoyer, 2002
- Nebalia patagonica Dahl, 1990
- Nebalia reboredae Moreira & Urgorri, 2009
- Nebalia schizophthalma Haney, Hessler & Martin, 2001
- Nebalia strausi Risso, 1826
- Nebalia troncosoi Moreira, Cacabelos & Dominguez, 2003
- Nebalia villalobosi Ortiz, Winfield & Chazaro-Olvera, 2011