Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis explained

Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense, the Oregon pill bug, is a small intertidal isopod crustacean. It is an oval-shaped organism roughly 6 mm in length,^[1] 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 .^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Edward F. Ricketts . Ed Ricketts . Jack Calvin . David W. Phillips . Joel W. Hedgpeth . amp . 1992 . . 5th . . 978-0-8047-2068-7 . Rocky shores of bays and estuaries . 269–316 . https://books.google.com/books?id=tUl5ESavtRIC&pg=PA275 .
2. Book: Sol Felty Light . James T. Carlton . 2007 . The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon . 4th . . 978-0-520-23939-5 . Richard C. Brusca . Vania R. Coelho . Stefano Taiti . Isopoda . 503–541 .