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

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

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

The carnivorous marine isopods typically scavenge carcasses on the seafloor, but may also eat live prey. Isopods are crustaceans, part of a group that includes lobsters and shrimp. Sea bugs have ...

Parasitic isopods, particularly those belonging to the family Cymothoidae, are fascinating yet often detrimental organisms that attach to marine fish. These isopods can cause significant harm to ...

The Calvert Marine Museum recently announced a groundbreaking ... the impression of a new genus and species of parasitic marine isopod, known as Calverteca osbornei. The remarkable find, which ...

Giant isopods, which belong to the Bathynomus genus, can grow to be over 11 inches, but the biggest ones reach nearly 20 ...

Isopods rely on food falling from closer to the surface ... They are scavengers and would eat any of the falling marine snow and what's enveloped within it - so things like crab flesh and marine worms ...

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 ...