Nebaliopsididae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
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
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 can ...
s. It contains only two species, ''
Nebaliopsis typica'' and ''
Pseudonebaliopsis atlantica''.
References
Leptostraca
Crustacean families
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