The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

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“The species [is] named after the most famous Sith Lord in the Star Wars movie series, Darth Vader, whose helmet resembles the head of the new Bathynomus species,” the researchers wrote in their study ...

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

Giant isopods of the genus Bathynomus can grow over 11 inches long, with the largest (Bathynomus giganteus) believed to be almost 20 inches long. They are called bọ biển or “sea bugs” in ...

A giant deep-sea isopod, Bathynomus giganteus, spotted during NOAA exploration of “Okeanos Ridge.” Frank Patti, owner of Joe Patti's Seafood, caught one of the creatures while fishing in 1976.

The ugly creature was identified as Bathynomus giganteus, a large isopod that is typically a deep-water bottom dweller usually found in cold waters. They’re scavengers that feast on dead ...

“Bathynomus giganteus is more of a coldwater species,” Dee Ann Auten, an Aquarist II at the Aquarium of the Pacific—which has some giant isopods in its Wonders of the Deep gallery—told ...

A ramen shop called “Ramen Boy” in Taipei is raising more than a few eyebrows online with its new giant isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) ramen. We’re not sure about you, but we’re more than happy with ...

Huang explained that although the crustaceans belong to the Bathynomus genus, they are not Bathynomus giganteus but rather Bathynomus jamesi. Huang suggested that a translation issue from a Japanese ...