Nebaliidae is the largest of the three
families
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of
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 ...
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crustacean
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s, containing 33 of the 40 described species. Its members may be distinguished from members of the other two families by the tapering form of the caudal furcae (which is broader in
Nebaliopsididae), and by the callynophores of the
antennae in mature males, which are swollen in
Paranebaliidae but not in Nebaliidae.
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Leptostraca
Crustacean families
Taxa named by George Samouelle
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