Nebalia bipes

Nebalia bipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Leptostraca
Family: Nebaliidae
Genus: Nebalia
Species:
N. bipes
Binomial name
Nebalia bipes
(O. Fabricius, 1780) [1]
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]

  1. ^ "Nebalia bipes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Genefor K. Walker-Smith & Gary C. B. Poore (2001). "A phylogeny of the Leptostraca (Crustacea) with keys to families and genera" (PDF). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 58 (2): 383–410. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2008.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ETI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ John Barrett and C M Young, Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore (1958) p.93
  5. ^ "Organisms preying on Nebalia bipes". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved February 28, 2009.