Giant isopods also have very large eyes in comparison to their body too,' explains Miranda. The isopods also have little hooked claws at the ends of their legs. These make the animal more stable on ...

A remarkable giant deep sea woodlouse with 14 legs and measuring more than 10 inches long has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. The isopad, which is a new species and 25 times bigger than its ...

Their segmented, fourteen-legged bodies resemble their much smaller relative, the woodlouse. The foot-long size of the giant isopods has been attributed to deep-sea gigantism, the same phenomenon ...

A giant deep-sea, a huge marine relative of the common woodlouse or roly-poly, has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. Measuring more than 10 inches long, the isopod, a new species, is 25 times ...

Now thats what you call a woodlouse - The Weymouth Sealife centre in Dorset has just taken delivery of an alien looking Giant Isopod (Bathynomous giganteus) thought to be amongst the most ...

Giant sea woodlice have arrived on British shores. "When we flew our nine to the UK, we wrapped each one individually in wet hessian.

The woodlouse-like creature measure 26 centimetres in length - the same size as an iPad! ... This new species of giant isopod is around 2,500 times bigger than a garden woodlouse, ...

Amphipod is among the most diverse group of crustaceans, with over 10,000 extant species, including woodlice, shrimps, and lobsters. Amphipods are known to inhabit all aquatic environments worldwide.

New giant deep-sea isopod discovered in the Gulf of Mexico A massive, ‘creamy yellow’ relative of Woodlouse was found living at a depth of around 600 to 800 meters, off the Yucatán Peninsula ...

New giant deep-sea isopod discovered in the Gulf of Mexico A massive, 'creamy yellow' relative of Woodlouse was found living at a depth of around 600 to 800 meters, off the Yucatán Peninsula ...