Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Family: | Sphaeromatidae |
Genus: | Gnorimosphaeroma |
Species: | G. oregonense
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Binomial name | |
Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense | |
Synonyms | |
Sphaeroma oregonensis Dana, 1853
Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis (Dana, 1853) |
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]