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Limnoria lignorum
Gribble Grib"ble, n. [Cf. Prov. E. grib to bite.] (Zo["o]l.) A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L. terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America.

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- Limnoria is a genus of isopods from the family Limnoriidae. Limnoria agrostisa Cookson, 1991 Limnoria algarum Menzies, 1957 Limnoria andamanensis Rao &...
- Limnoria lignorum, commonly known as the gribble, is a species of isopod in the family Limnoriidae. It is found in shallow water in the North Atlantic...
- feed on Asystasia species. Precis limnoria limnoria — south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Ethiopia, Somalia Precis limnoria taveta Rogenhofer, 1891 — southern...
- small (1–4 millimetres or 0.04–0.16 inches long) crustaceans, although Limnoria stephenseni from subantarctic waters can reach 10 mm (0.4 in). The term...
- feed on wood, cellulose is digested by enzymes secreted in the caeca. Limnoria lignorum, for example, bores into wood and additionally feeds on the mycelia...
- climena (Stoll, [1782]) Synonyms Papilio climena Stoll, [1782] Cratia limnoria Hübner, 1816 Euploea zinckenii C. & R. Felder, [1865] camorta Wood-Mason...
- Mylothris agrippina Hübner, [1819] Papilio flippantha Fabricius, 1793 Pieris limnoria Godart, [1819] Mylothris pantoporia Hübner, [1833] Daptonura hübneri Butler...
- fauna, such as shipworms and Limnoria. Though creosote is used as a pesticide preservative, studies have shown that Limnoria is resistant to wood preservative...
- Brittany, France. It was discovered living in commensalism on the isopod Limnoria lignorum. Degma, Peter; Bertolani, Roberto; Guidetti, Roberto (30 June...
- sinensis (Chinese mitten crab) Hemigrapsus sanguineus (****anese s**** crab) Limnoria quadripunctata (gribble) [41] Orconectes virilis (virile crayfish) Pacifastacus...
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