Scavenging Isopod

Cirolana harfordi

• Group: Other

A small scavenging isopod that swarms through mussel beds on rocky shores and combs sandy beaches for scraps. It belongs to a group of flattened, segmented crustaceans that clean up dead and decaying matter along the shore.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Isopoda › Cirolanidae › Cirolana

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 256526.