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) |
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Synonyms | |
Sphaeroma oregonensis Dana, 1853 |
External identifiers for Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis | |
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Encyclopedia of Life | 344702 |
ITIS | 92296 |
NCBI | 142073 |
WoRMS | 260464 |
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).