Limnoria tripunctata Menzies, 1951
(a gribble)

Interactions where Limnoria tripunctata is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
grows inside submerged timber Captivity [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous trees British Marine Isopods, Naylor, E., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Limnoriidae/Limnoria tripunctata/Limnoria tripunctataa gribble Plant / grows inside /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treessubmergedtimber Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced

Author & YearTitleSource
Naylor, E., 1972British Marine IsopodsSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 3, 86pp, The Linnean Society of London

Limnoria tripunctata (a gribble) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLimnoria tripunctata (a gribble)
GenusLimnoria (gribbles)
FamilyLIMNORIIDAE (gribbles)
SuperfamilyLIMNORIOIDEA (a superfamily of crustaceans)
SuborderLIMNORIIDEA (a suborder of crustaceans)
OrderISOPODA (woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)
SuperorderPERACARIDA (amphipods, woodlice, cumaceans etc.)
SubclassEUMALACOSTRACA (a subclass of crustaceans)
ClassMALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Limnoria tripunctata (a gribble)

Limnoria tripunctata (a gribble) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Limnoria tripunctata (a gribble):

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