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 -, under stones or among decaying organic matter where it is common and sometimes abundant.John Barrett and C M Young, Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore (1958) p.93 Its predators include the fish Merlangius merlangus (whiting).
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Nebalia bipes has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
eDNA detections1
Countries2
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type5 835 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 584
Museum / vouchered2 609
Other642
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO5 276 km²
Depth
0–200 m sunlit1 172
200–1000 m twilight169
1–4 km midnight0
>4 km abyssal0
median 32.2 m · max 642.1 m · 1 341 records with depth
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy98% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 295≤1 km 10≤10 km 54
2 359 georeferenced · 225 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 584
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy97% within 1 km
≤100 m 149≤1 km 104≤10 km 7
260 georeferenced · 2 349 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 609
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions13 of 46 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
CEFASlocation not on record
277
National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korealocation not on record
199
Station Biologique de Roscoff (EDMO:521)location not on record
130
Institut Francais pour l'Etude de la Merlocation not on record
91
Bergen, NO
81
486location not on record
75
Norwegian Institute of Marine Researchlocation not on record
35
RWSlocation not on record
30
Tromsø, NO
26
Maurice Lamontagne Institutelocation not on record
18
Laboratoire d'Océanographie Biologique, Universite de Bordeaxlocation not on record
16
Washington, US
15
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
10
DASSHlocation not on record
8
Hellenic Centre of Marine Research; Institute for Oceanographylocation not on record
7
730location not on record
7
Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State Universitylocation not on record
7
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)location not on record
5
South Kensington, GB
4
CZULElocation not on record
4
Brussels, BE
4
Stockholm, SE
4
Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record
3
The Atlantic reference Centrelocation not on record
3
University of Oslo (UiO)location not on record
3
Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO)location not on record
3
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
2
CSIC-CEAB Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (1393) Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record
2
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record
2
PNHSlocation not on record
2
Helsinki, FI
2
Gothenburg, SE
2
CSIC-CEAB Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (1393) Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Phaxas Expertise Of Marine Fauna (4507) Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record
1
Goteborg Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
CSIC-CEAB Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (1393) Phaxas Expertise Of Marine Fauna (4507)location not on record
1
Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503)location not on record
1
Cantablocation not on record
1
Institute of Marine Researchlocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
Bergen, NO
1
New Haven, US
1
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
1
Toronto, CA
1
1
CSIC-CEAB Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (1393)location not on record
1
The Atlantic Reference Centre (ARC)location not on record
1
46 institutions · 1 091 of 2 609 vouchered records shown · 369 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Nebalia bipes was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found1
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median16.8 °C 16.8–16.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter15.8 °C
Max temp (day)18.1 °C
Min temp (night)15.4 °C
Precipitation78.1 mm/mo
Air humidity62.3 %
Moisture balance-47.7 mm/mo
Vapour deficit720 Pa
Wind speed6.20 m/s
Cloud cover47.2 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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