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 ...

vaderi were deep-sea ... and nine “giant” Bathynomus species, with several awaiting formal description, according to the study. B. vaderi is only the second recorded supergiant isopod species ...

A 14-legged giant isopod is the highlight of ... the Dongsha Islands on the South China Sea. They are thought to be caught between 300 to 500 metres deep in the ocean. How parasitic worms wriggle ...