Limnoria chilensis Menzies, 1962
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Family:  Limnoriidae (gribbles)
Max. size: 
Environment:  benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 20 m
Distribution:  Southeast Pacific: Probably endemic to Chile.
Diagnosis:  Its body length is 0.2 to 0.4 cm. It is white in color but occasionally it is greenish. In both live and preserved specimens it has dark round eyes. It also has a round cephalon.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
Country info:  This probably endemic species is known from the Peruvian Province to Golfo de Penas and Strait of Magellan (Ref. 87801). C: Ref. 87801.

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