Excirolana chiltoni

Excirolana chiltoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Cirolanidae
Genus: Excirolana
Species:
E. chiltoni
Binomial name
Excirolana chiltoni
(Richardson, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Cirolana kincaidi Hatch, 1947
  • Excirolana kincaidi (Hatch, 1947)

Excirolana chiltoni or the "sand piranha" is a species of isopod in the family Cirolanidae.[1][2][3]

They live in the ocean at the shoreline, being commonly described as a "water-line isopod" [4]and occasionally swarm and bite (people and animals), vigorously.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Excirolana chiltoni Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  2. ^ "Excirolana chiltoni Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  3. ^ "Excirolana chiltoni Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  4. ^ "UVic affiliated biology webpage". Central Coast Biodiversity Website. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022. in heading "Water-line isopod, scavenging isopod • Excirolana chiltoni, formerly E. kincaidi or Cirolana kincaidi"
  5. ^ "It Bit Me". 2 June 2014. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  6. ^ "California September 2022 isopod news story". Fox News. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022.


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