Deep in the ocean lives an unusual isopod that’s known to swim upside-down while going backwards with the help of peculiar paddle-like legs as long as your fingers. Scientists recently captured ...

Using the submersible Alvin, scientists encountered this isopod swimming 3.7 miles deep, with oar-like legs as long as your fingers, eating an unexpected food source, Sargassum.

Using the submersible Alvin, scientists encountered this isopod swimming 3.7 miles deep, with oar-like legs as long as your fingers, eating an unexpected food source, Sargassum.

“Using the submersible Alvin, scientists encountered (an) isopod swimming 3.7 miles deep, with oar-like legs as long as your fingers, eating an unexpected food source,” according to a Sept. 11 ...

“Using the submersible Alvin, scientists encountered (an) isopod swimming 3.7 miles deep, with oar-like legs as long as your fingers, eating an unexpected food source,” according to a Sept. 11 ...

“Using the submersible Alvin, scientists encountered (an) isopod swimming 3.7 miles deep, with oar-like legs as long as your fingers, eating an unexpected food source,” according to a Sept. 11 ...

“Using the submersible Alvin, scientists encountered (an) isopod swimming 3.7 miles deep, with oar-like legs as long as your fingers, eating an unexpected food source,” according to a Sept. 11 ...

The isopod in the video, however, isn't prey: Rather, it is a permanent resident. Deepstaria jellyfish were first discovered off the California coast in 1966 and were named after Deepstar 4000 ...

Parasitic isopods, particularly those within the family Cymothoidae, ... Mancae: The juvenile or larval stage of parasitic isopods which, following a free-swimming period, ...

“Using the submersible Alvin, scientists encountered (an) isopod swimming 3.7 miles deep, with oar-like legs as long as your fingers, eating an unexpected food source,” according to a Sept. 11 ...

“Using the submersible Alvin, scientists encountered (an) isopod swimming 3.7 miles deep, with oar-like legs as long as your fingers, eating an unexpected food source,” according to a Sept. 11 ...

“Using the submersible Alvin, scientists encountered (an) isopod swimming 3.7 miles deep, with oar-like legs as long as your fingers, eating an unexpected food source,” according to a Sept. 11 ...