Excirolana chiltoni

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

Excirolana chiltoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Family: Cirolanidae
Genus: Excirolana
Species:
E. chiltoni
Binomial name
Excirolana chiltoni
(H. Richardson, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Cirolana kincaidi Hatch, 1947
  • Excirolana kincaidi (Hatch, 1947)

They live in the ocean at the shoreline, and occasionally swarm and bite (people and animals), vigorously.[4]

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. "It Bit Me". Wanderin' Weeta (with Waterfowl and Weeds). Retrieved 2018-09-06.


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