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A Previously Unknown ‘Supergiant’ Sea Bug Was Just Discovered In The South China Sea
"That a species as large as this could have stayed hidden for so long reminds us just how much work we still need to do to ...
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Giant isopod named 'Bathynomus vaderi' after Darth Vader
Discover Bathynomus vaderi, a newly identified giant isopod species from Vietnam’s deep seas, named after Darth Vader.
New foot-long crustacean named after Darth Vader
A purchase at an urban Vietnamese fish market turned out to be a whole new species of giant isopod –with a bit of a dark side ...
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Did 'Pensacola sea monster' claim four young lives? Still a mystery 62 years later
A few days later, UWF came back with an answer. The ugly creature was identified as Bathynomus giganteus, a large isopod that is typically a deep-water bottom dweller usually found in cold waters.
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Giant isopod named after Darth Vader is a delicacy in Vietnam
Bathynomus vaderi is a kind of isopod, a group that also includes woodlice. It can reach lengths of over 30 centimetres and weights in excess of a kilogram. So far, the new species has only been ...
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Giant isopods: curious crustaceans on the ocean floor
The largest isopods are the species Bathynomus giganteus. When it comes to their size, Miranda describes the crustaceans as being 'more than a handful'. These arthropods are much larger than your ...