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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Giant isopods: curious crustaceans on the ocean floor
There are a lot of animals living on the seabed that seem strange to us on land. Giant isopods can live 500 metres ... scuttling about in the garden - albeit distant cousins. The largest isopods are ...
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Newly discovered giant sea bug with helmet-like head named after Star Wars villain
A new species of giant isopod, Bathynomus vaderi, has been discovered in the waters of Vietnam. This deep-sea creature, named ...
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Species of Deep Sea Bug The Size of a Small Dog Named For Star Wars Villain
In 2022, staff from Hanoi University purchased a selection of 'supergiant' isopods at a seaford market in Quy Nhơn City in ...