Limnoria lignorum
| Limnoria lignorum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Limnoriidae |
| Genus: | Limnoria |
| Species: | L. lignorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Limnoria lignorum (Rathke, 1799) | |
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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 and North Pacific Ocean where it tunnels into wood and attacks and destroys submerged wooden structures.