Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis

Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Family:	Sphaeromatidae
Genus:	Gnorimosphaeroma
Species:	G. oregonense
Binomial name
	Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense; (Dana, 1853) [1]
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]

References

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.

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[1] Richard C. Brusca; Vânia R. Coelho; Stefano Taiti (2001). "List of All California Marine Isopods".

[Ricketts-2] 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.

[3] 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.