A newly discovered giant isopod has been named after Darth Vader of Star Wars, inspired by his iconic and distinctive helmet. The 32.5 cm-long sea bug, known as a 'supergiant' was found off the coast ...

The giant isopod has been named Bathynomus vaderi due to its resemblance to Darth Vader's iconic helmet from "Star Wars." ...

Terrestrial isopods, commonly known as pill bugs or woodlice ... We take care to ground generative text with facts, and have systems in place to gain human feedback on the overall quality of ...

The jumbo isopod has been named Bathynomus vaderi because its carapaced cranium resembles Darth Vader’s iconic helmet from “Star Wars, Livescience reported. This particular critter ...

Recently, scientists identified a new species of these giant isopods and named it after the Star Wars villain, Darth Vader. Popular Science reports that the scientists from Hanoi University teamed ...

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. The foot-long crustacean has been named Bathynomus vaderi and sports ...

Peter Ng examining giant isopods from a seafood market in Hanoi ... by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.

The sustainable fishery of giant isopods just adds to the many challenges we face. And the first step is to know what lives there. More information: Edit A new species of supergiant Bathynomus A.