Iais chilense#cite ref-1

{{Short description|Species of crustacean}}

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| taxon = Iais chilense

| authority = (Winkler, 1992)

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Iais chilense is a species of marine isopod in the family Janiridae.{{Cite WoRMS |author=Schotte, Marilyn |year=2008 |title=Iais chilense (Winkler, 1992) |id=258051 |access-date=2024-09-24|db=Isopoda}} It was first described as Neoecitas chilense, before it was moved to the genus Iais.{{Cite journal |last=Winkler |first=H. |date=1992 |title=Neoectias chilense, a new janirid genus and species from Chile (Isopoda, Asellota, Janiridae) |journal=Zoologischer Anzeiger |volume=228 |issue=3 |pages=174-181}} It is among the few members of Iais which do not live commensally with sphaeromatid isopods, and are instead found living near sea level in cracks or crevices.{{Cite journal |last=Wilson |first=George D. F. |last2=Wägele |first2=Johann-Wolfgang |date=1994 |title=Review of the Family Janiridae (Crustacea : Isopoda : Asellota) |journal=Invertebrate Taxonomy |volume=8 |pages=702}}