Giant isopods are a distant cousin of crabs and prawns ... a biotechnology associate professor who specialises in deep-sea invertebrates at the National University of Tainan. “The best practice would ...

Giant isopods look like monstrously sized woodlice and can live in the deep sea, beyond the reach of daylight. But how much do we really know about the lives of these crustaceans? Despite their ...

Terrifying, supergiant seabugs can be found underneath the ocean, but this one looks like the Star Wars villain, Darth Vader.

“Ogusokumushi,” or the deep-sea giant isopod called Bathynomus doederleinii by its scientific name, is always a favorite among aquarium visitors. Its body is about 10 centimeters ...

First discovered in 1879, these distant relatives of woodlice thrive in the cold, dark depths of the ocean, scavenging for food on the seafloor ...

A father from the dark side has lent his title to a giant creature from the deep sea, with scientists having named a "sea bug" Bathynomus vaderi. The bug—which belongs to a group that can reach ...

Dr. Nguyen Thanh Son holding a giant specimen of another species of giant isopod found in Vietnam (B. jamesi) that weighed 2.62 kg from a seafood market in Hanoi, October 2024.

This disparity in size makes the discovery of such a huge specimen particularly ... the second recorded supergiant isopod species discovered in the South China Sea. However, because these crustaceans ...

A 14-legged giant isopod is the highlight ... 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 ...