A marine crustacean that looks like Darth Vader’s helmet has been recognised as a new species, but it could be under threat ...

Discover Bathynomus vaderi, a newly identified giant isopod species from Vietnam’s deep seas, named after Darth Vader.

Though recently gaining the limelight as a superior alternative to lobster tail, a species of giant isopod is making ...

Deep beneath the waves of the South China Sea, a fascinating creature has surfaced—Bathynomus vaderi, a newly discovered ...

Related to the pillbugs (aka woodlice) that you might find in your backyard, supergiant isopods are marine crustaceans ... Dr. Nguyen Thanh Son holding a giant specimen of another species of ...

In recent years, the deep-sea giant isopod has also become a seafood delicacy in Vietnam, where it was discovered ...

Giant isopods look like monstrously sized woodlice and can live ... They are scavengers and would eat any of the falling marine snow and what's enveloped within it - so things like crab flesh and ...

The species was given its name because its head looks like the helmet worn by Darth Vader in Star Wars. Read more at ...

In 2022, staff from Hanoi University purchased a selection of 'supergiant' isopods at a seaford market in Quy Nhơn City in ...

Although the Vietnamese name for giant isopods is bọ biển, which translates to “sea bugs,” these behemoths aren’t bugs. Their closest relatives are marine crustaceans, such as shrimp and ...