As their name suggests, giant isopods get big. Really big. Typically, giant isopods are between 7.5 and 14.2 inches in length, but they can get much bigger: One specimen pulled up with an ROV in ...

Giant isopods scuttle around like massive animatronic grains of rice; it’s only when you flip them over that you can see their many legs and antennae. ... and the largest squid species.

Giant isopods are a distant cousin of crabs and prawns. They are the largest among the thousands of species in the crustacean group, said the NOAA Ocean Exploration on its website.

The giant isopod has been named Bathynomus vaderi due to its resemblance to Darth Vader's iconic helmet from "Star Wars." ... (32.5 centimeters) long, making it one of the largest known isopods.

The creature belongs to a genus of giant isopods found in abundance in deep-sea waters. Referred to by the researchers as a "supergiant," the largest of the specimens weighed more than 2.2 pounds ...

Giant isopods - a distant cousin of crabs and prawns - are the largest among the thousands of species in the crustacean group, the NOAA Ocean Exploration said on its website.

Newly-discovered giant sea bug resembling Darth Vader isn't as scary as it looks The creature belongs to a genus of giant isopods found in abundance in deep-sea waters, though the size of B ...

Giant isopod named after Darth Vader is a delicacy in Vietnam. ... “I am the biggest Star Wars fan in the team, as it’s my vintage. The first movie was in 1977, in my youth, ...