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Gribble
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A gribble () or gribble worm is any of about 56 species of marine isopod from the family Limnoriidae. They are mostly pale white and small ( long) crustaceans, although Limnoria stephenseni from subantarctic waters can reach .
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- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderIsopoda
- FamilyLimnoriidae
"The family, as restricted by Harger, still contains a single genus." (Stebbing, 1904)
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A gribble () or gribble worm is any of about 56 species of marine isopod from the family Limnoriidae. They are mostly pale white and small ( long) crustaceans, although Limnoria stephenseni from subantarctic waters can reach .
==Classification== The term "gribble" was originally assigned to the wood-boring species, especially the first species described from Norway by Jens Rathke in 1799, Limnoria lignorum. The Limnoriidae are now known to include seaweed and seagrass borers, as well as wood borers. Those gribbles able to bore into living marine plants are thought to have evolved from a wood (dead plant) boring species.