''Nebalia'' is a large
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of small
crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...
s containing more than half of the
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
in the
order Leptostraca
Leptostraca (from the Greek words for ''thin'' and ''shell'') 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 ...
, and was first described by
William Elford Leach
William Elford Leach Royal Society, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist.
Life and work
Elford Leach was born at Hoe Gate, Plymouth, the son of an attorney. At the age of twelve he began a me ...
in 1814.
The genus contains over thirty species:
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Nebalia abyssicola''
Ledoyer, 1997
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Nebalia antarctica''
Dahl, 1990
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Nebalia biarticulata''
Ledoyer, 1997
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Nebalia bipes
''Nebalia bipes'' is a species of leptostracan crustacean, and the first species in the order to have been described (in 1780, under the name ''Cancer bipes''). It lives in coastal waters at depths of , under stones or among decaying organic ma ...
''
(Fabricius, 1780)
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Nebalia borealis''
Dahl, 1985
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Nebalia brucei''
Olesen, 1999
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Nebalia cannoni''
Dahl, 1990
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Nebalia capensis''
Barnard, 1914
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Nebalia clausi
''Nebalia'' is a large genus of small crustaceans containing more than half of the species in the order Leptostraca, and was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814. The genus contains over thirty species:
*'' Nebalia abyssicola'' Ledoy ...
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Dahl, 1985
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Nebalia dahli''
Kazmi & Tirmizi, 1989
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Nebalia daytoni''
Vetter, 1996
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Nebalia falklandensis''
Dahl, 1990
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Nebalia geoffroyi
''Nebalia'' is a large genus of small crustaceans containing more than half of the species in the order Leptostraca, and was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814. The genus contains over thirty species:
*'' Nebalia abyssicola'' Ledoy ...
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Milne-Edwards, 1928
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Nebalia gerkenae
''Nebalia'' is a large genus of small crustaceans containing more than half of the species in the order Leptostraca, and was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814. The genus contains over thirty species:
*'' Nebalia abyssicola'' Ledoy ...
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Haney & Martin, 2000
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Nebalia herbstii''
Leach, 1814
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Nebalia hessleri
''Nebalia'' is a large genus of small crustaceans containing more than half of the species in the order Leptostraca, and was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814. The genus contains over thirty species:
*'' Nebalia abyssicola'' Ledoy ...
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Martin, Vetter & Cash-Clark, 1996
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Nebalia ilheoensis
''Nebalia'' is a large genus of small crustaceans containing more than half of the species in the order Leptostraca, and was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814. The genus contains over thirty species:
*'' Nebalia abyssicola'' Ledoy ...
''
Kensley, 1976
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Nebalia kensleyi
''Nebalia'' is a large genus of small crustaceans containing more than half of the species in the order Leptostraca, and was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814. The genus contains over thirty species:
*'' Nebalia abyssicola'' Ledoy ...
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Haney & Martin, 2005
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Nebalia kocatasi
''Nebalia'' is a large genus of small crustaceans containing more than half of the species in the order Leptostraca, and was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814. The genus contains over thirty species:
*'' Nebalia abyssicola'' Ledoy ...
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Moreira, Kocak & Katagan, 2007
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Nebalia lagartensis
''Nebalia'' is a large genus of small crustaceans containing more than half of the species in the order Leptostraca, and was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814. The genus contains over thirty species:
*'' Nebalia abyssicola'' Ledoy ...
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Escobar-Briones & Villalobos-Hiriart, 1995
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Nebalia longicornis
''Nebalia'' is a large genus of small crustaceans containing more than half of the species in the order Leptostraca, and was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814. The genus contains over thirty species:
*'' Nebalia abyssicola'' Ledoy ...
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Thomson, 1879
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Nebalia marerubri
''Nebalia'' is a large genus of small crustaceans containing more than half of the species in the order Leptostraca, and was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814. The genus contains over thirty species:
*'' Nebalia abyssicola'' Ledoy ...
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Wägele, 1983
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Nebalia melanophthalma
''Nebalia'' is a large genus of small crustaceans containing more than half of the species in the order Leptostraca, and was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814. The genus contains over thirty species:
*'' Nebalia abyssicola'' Ledoy ...
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Ledoyer, 2002
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Nebalia mortoni
''Nebalia'' is a large genus of small crustaceans containing more than half of the species in the order Leptostraca, and was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814. The genus contains over thirty species:
*'' Nebalia abyssicola'' Ledoy ...
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Lee & Bamber, 2011
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Nebalia neocaledoniensis''
Ledoyer, 2002
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Nebalia patagonica''
Dahl, 1990
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Nebalia reboredae''
Moreira & Urgorri, 2009
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Nebalia schizophthalma''
Haney, Hessler & Martin, 2001
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Nebalia strausi''
Risso, 1826
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Nebalia troncosoi''
Moreira, Cacabelos & Dominguez, 2003
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Nebalia villalobosi''
Ortiz, Winfield & Chazaro-Olvera, 2011
References
Leptostraca
Taxa named by William Elford Leach
Crustacean genera
Crustaceans described in 1814
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