Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense, the Oregon pill bug, is a small intertidal isopod crustacean. It is an oval-shaped organism roughly 6 mm in length,[2] and about twice as long as it is wide. The primary habitat of G. oregonense is the mid-Californian to Alaskan coast, where it inhabits tidal pools and the intertidal region up to depths of 24 metres (79 ft).[3]
| Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Sphaeromatidae |
| Genus: | Gnorimosphaeroma |
| Species: | G. oregonense
|
| Binomial name | |
| Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Sphaeroma oregonensis Dana, 1853
Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis (Dana, 1853) | |
References edit
- ^ Richard C. Brusca; Vânia R. Coelho; Stefano Taiti (2001). "List of All California Marine Isopods".
- ^ Edward F. Ricketts; Jack Calvin; David W. Phillips & Joel W. Hedgpeth (1992). "Rocky shores of bays and estuaries". Between Pacific Tides (5th ed.). Stanford University Press. pp. 269–316. ISBN 978-0-8047-2068-7.
- ^ Richard C. Brusca; Vania R. Coelho; Stefano Taiti (2007). "Isopoda". In Sol Felty Light; James T. Carlton (eds.). The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon (4th ed.). University of California Press. pp. 503–541. ISBN 978-0-520-23939-5.
-left_01.jpg){kind=small} | This isopod-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |