Biology:Excirolana chiltoni
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Short description: Species of crustacean
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Cirolanidae |
| Genus: | Excirolana |
| Species: | E. chiltoni
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| Excirolana chiltoni (Richardson, 1905)
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Excirolana chiltoni or "Sand Piranhas" 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
- ↑ "Excirolana chiltoni Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/1043767. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
- ↑ "Excirolana chiltoni Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=92252. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
- ↑ "Excirolana chiltoni Overview". http://eol.org/pages/347597/overview. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
- ↑ "UVic affiliated biology webpage". https://www.centralcoastbiodiversity.org/water-line-isopod-bull-excirolana-chiltoni.html. "in heading "Water-line isopod, scavenging isopod • Excirolana chiltoni, formerly E. kincaidi or Cirolana kincaidi""
- ↑ "It Bit Me". 2 June 2014. https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2014/06/it-bit-me.html.
- ↑ "California September 2022 isopod news story". https://www.foxnews.com/science/californians-plagued-feet-eating-mini-shark-bugs.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1999396 entry
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