Nebalia

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. The genus contains over thirty species: Nebalia abyssicola Ledoyer, 1997 Nebalia antarctica Dahl, 1990 Nebalia biarticulata Ledoyer, 1997 Nebalia bipes (Fabricius, 1780) Nebalia borealis Dahl, 1985 Nebalia brucei Olesen, 1999 Nebalia cannoni Dahl, 1990 Nebalia capensis Barnard, 1914 Nebalia clausi Dahl, 1985 Nebalia dahli Kazmi & Tirmizi, 1989 Nebalia daytoni Vetter, 1996 Nebalia falklandensis Dahl, 1990 Nebalia geoffroyi Milne-Edwards, 1928 Nebalia gerkenae Haney & Martin, 2000 Nebalia herbstii Leach, 1814 Nebalia hessleri Martin, Vetter & Cash-Clark, 1996 Nebalia ilheoensis Kensley, 1976 Nebalia kensleyi Haney & Martin, 2005 Nebalia kocatasi Moreira, Kocak & Katagan, 2007 Nebalia lagartensis Escobar-Briones & Villalobos-Hiriart, 1995 Nebalia longicornis Thomson, 1879 Nebalia marerubri Wägele, 1983 Nebalia melanophthalma Ledoyer, 2002 Nebalia mortoni Lee & Bamber, 2011 Nebalia neocaledoniensis Ledoyer, 2002 Nebalia patagonica Dahl, 1990 Nebalia reboredae Moreira & Urgorri, 2009 Nebalia schizophthalma Haney, Hessler & Martin, 2001 Nebalia strausi Risso, 1826 Nebalia troncosoi Moreira, Cacabelos & Dominguez, 2003 Nebalia villalobosi Ortiz, Winfield & Chazaro-Olvera, 2011

==Parasites== Nebalia species are the hosts of the unique rotifers of family Seisonidae.