Excirolana chiltoni, commonly known as "sand piranha", is a species of isopod in the family Cirolanidae. They are native to warm tropical/subtropical nearshore shallow waters of Pacific coasts, from Japan and Korea to South China in the west and from the Pacific Northwest to Chocó Colombia in the east, being commonly described as a "water-line isopod".
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Sand Piranha being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Isopoda
- Family
- Cirolanidae
- Genus
- Excirolana
- Species
- Excirolana chiltoni
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