Nebalia

Nebalia
Nebalia bipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Leptostraca
Family: Nebaliidae
Genus: Nebalia
Leach, 1814
Type species
Nebalia herbstii
Leach, 1814
Species
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Nebalia is a genus of small crustaceans. It contains many species; more than half of the species in the order Leptostraca,

Taxonomy

Nebalia was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814.

Species

The genus contains over 30 species:

Parasites

Nebalia species are the exclusive hosts of members the family Seisonidae, a distinct lineage of unusually structured rotifers.

References

  1. ↑ Todd Haney (2004). "Classification". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. 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.
  5. ↑ Ricci, Claudia; Melone, Giulio; Sotgia, Cristina (1993). "Old and new data on Seisonidea (Rotifera)". Hydrobiologia. 255–256: 495–511. doi:10.1007/BF00025879.