Nebalia

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Nebalia
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Nebalia bipes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Leptostraca
Family: Nebaliidae
Genus: Nebalia
Leach, 1814
Type species
Nebalia herbstii
Leach, 1814

Nebalia is a large genus of small crustaceans containing more than half of the species in the order Leptostraca, [1] and was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814. [2] The genus contains over thirty species: [3]

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References

  1. Todd Haney (2004). "Classification". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County . Retrieved August 8, 2007.
  2. Leach, W. E. (1814). Zoological miscellany; being descriptions of new, or interesting animals. Vol. 1. pp. 1-137 [99].
  3. Jan Mees (2011). "Nebalia Leach, 1814". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved November 4, 2011.
  4. Christine N. W. Lee & Roger N. Bamber (2011). "A new species of Nebalia (Crustacea: Phyllocarida: Leptostraca) from the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa . 3091: 51–59. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3091.1.4.