There are 32 existing species of Nebalia but Nebalia terazakii sp. n. can be distinguished from the other known species of Nebalia by the following combination of characters: the rostrum is...

Diagram of Nebalia bipes showing the major features of the external anatomy: 1: antennule; 2: rostrum; 3: carapace; 4: abdomen / pleon; 5: furca; 6: telson; 7: pleopods; 8: antenna; 9: thoracopods; 10: eye

Leptostraca (from the Greek words for thin and shell) [3] 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. [4] It is the only extant order in the subclass Phyllocarida.

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]

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Only two species of Nebalia have been reported from the tropical or subtropical seas of Asia. Therefore, the new species is the first species of Nebalia found in the temperate zone of Asia.

Nebalia sp. A has both blunt and pointed crenations along the same pleonite margin (Fig. 3f), but as this is an autapomorphy for the purpose of the analysis it has been scored as having only ...

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.

Eukaryota Animalia Arthropoda (phylum) Crustacea (subphylum) Malacostraca (class) Phyllocarida (subclass) Leptostraca (order) Nebaliidae (family) Nebalia (genus)

Nebalia bipes is a scav­enger and de­tri­ti­vore, con­sum­ing dead and dying ma­rine crea­tures found on the seafloor. It eats using its three mouth­parts, the paired uni­ra­mous mandibles, uni­ra­mous first max­il­lae, and bi­ra­mous sec­ond max­il­lae.