Nebalia bipes

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). It lives in coastal waters at depths of 5–60 m (20–200 ft), under stones or among decaying organic matter where it is common and sometimes abundant. Its predators include the fish Merlangius merlangus (whiting).

Nebalia bipes
Scientific 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) 
Synonyms

Cancer bipes O. Fabricius, 1780 

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