Nebalia bipes | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Leptostraca |
Family: | Nebaliidae |
Genus: | Nebalia |
Species: | N. bipes
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Binomial name | |
Nebalia bipes (O. Fabricius, 1780) [1]
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Synonyms | |
Cancer bipes O. Fabricius, 1780 [2] |
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).[2] It lives in coastal waters at depths of 5–60 m (20–200 ft),[3] under stones or among decaying organic matter where it is common and sometimes abundant.[4] Its predators include the fish Merlangius merlangus (whiting).[5]
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