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Oregon Pillbug

Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense

Description:

Marine isopods. Some of them have bluish speckles like the one in the first photo, some are reddish or have white markings as shown in the second photo. The one in Photo 3 had many little springtails around it.

Habitat:

On a rocky area of a large beach

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2 Comments

Machi
Machi 7 years ago

These are definitely isopods. I added a photo of the underside so you can see. The segments on chiton look different to the segments on isopods too, especially on the bottommost segment.

Machi
Spotted by
Machi

Alaska, USA

Spotted on Jun 29, 2016
Submitted on Aug 12, 2016

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