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Oregon Pillbug

Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense

Photo by Machi
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Field Notes

Description:

Another isopod. When I picked up a rock on the water's edge there were dozens of these. They seem to have little scales on each segment, some of which are bluish-green

Habitat:

Under a rock on the water's edge at a rocky beach

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
Machi
I think you just copy and pasted the incomplete link: http://www.dailybreeze.com/environment-and-nature/20150601/new-species-of-marine-pill-bug-discovered-along-san-pedro-coastline
HemaShah
Hmmmm...... chief.thanks for letting me know.
HemaShah
Interesting read http://www.dailybreeze.com/environment-and-nature/20150601/new-species-of-marine
Machi
Thanks for the suggestion. Though related to pill millipedes, this is a marine isopod and pill millipedes are usually just the name for the terrestrial kind

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Alaska Fauna and Flora
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Great Alaskan Challenge
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PublishedJuly 27, 2016

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