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Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis

Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Sphaeromatidae
Genus: Gnorimosphaeroma
Species: G. oregonensis
Binomial name
Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis
(Dana, 1853) 
Synonyms

Sphaeroma oregonensis Dana, 1853


Sphaeroma oregonensis Dana, 1853

Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis, the Oregon pill bug, is a small intertidal isopod crustacean. It is an oval-shaped organism roughly 6 mm in length, and about twice as long as it is wide. The primary habitat of G. oregonensis is the mid-Californian to Alaskan coast, where it inhabits tidal pools and the intertidal region up to depths of 24 metres (79 ft).



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