From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
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Malacostraca +
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| Common name is
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Gribble +
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| Documentation requested
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false +
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| Family
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Limnoriidae +
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| Genus
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Limnoria +
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| Order
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Isopoda +
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| Phylum
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Arthropoda +
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| Scientific name is
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Limnoria lignorum +
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| SpecificEpithet
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lignorum +
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| Summary
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The Gribble is usually detected thanks to … The Gribble is usually detected thanks to the burrows it makes in submerged or floating wood. Unlike [[Bankia setacea|Shipworm (''Bankia setacea'')]] which digs large burrows, the gribble digs very small burrows (usually only about a millimeter in diameter), and survives quite well on the beach. Although it's essentially a longish roly-poly, the gribble looks somewhat like a worm at the macroscopic level. When observed with a dissecting microscope or good hand lens, though, it's worth looking for a similar species, called ''[[Limnoria tripunctata]]''. It is not clear to the writer of this article whether this species is present in Alaska, but it can be categorically identified by the presence of three small rear-facing tubercles on the pleotelson.
The larger isopod that isn't a wood borer but is commonly seen on driftwood, especially in estuaries, is [[Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis|Oregon pillbug (''Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis'')]]. This one is clearly roly poly-like, and dark in color.clearly roly poly-like, and dark in color. +
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species +
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Limnoria lignorum +
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Marine Invertebrate +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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25 July 2013 09:33:54 +
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Limnoria lignorum +
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