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Quadripunctate gribble

Limnoria quadripunctata Holthuis, 1949

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The quadripunctate gribble (Limnoria quadripunctata) is a species in the family Limnoriidae, order Isopoda.

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Quick facts about the quadripunctate gribble

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the quadripunctate gribble live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the quadripunctate gribble as introduced in 5 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Franceinvasive
  2. Ireland
  3. Portugal
  4. South Africa
  5. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the quadripunctate gribble endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the quadripunctate gribble classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderIsopoda
  5. familyLimnoriidae
  6. genusLimnoria
  7. SpeciesLimnoria quadripunctata Holthuis, 1949

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the quadripunctate gribble

Other species in the same genus Limnoria.

Gribble

Limnoria lignorum

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the quadripunctate gribble an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the quadripunctate gribble as invasive in 1 country: France. It lists it as introduced in 5 in all.

What kind of animal is the quadripunctate gribble?

The quadripunctate gribble (Limnoria quadripunctata) belongs to the family Limnoriidae in the order Isopoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Quadripunctate gribble (Limnoria quadripunctata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/quadripunctate-gribble

MLA

“Quadripunctate gribble (Limnoria quadripunctata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/quadripunctate-gribble.

BibTeX
@misc{quadripunctate_gribble_2026,
  title = {Quadripunctate gribble (Limnoria quadripunctata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/quadripunctate-gribble},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}