Newly-discovered giant sea bug resembling Darth Vader isn't as scary as it looks The creature belongs to a genus of giant isopods found in abundance in deep-sea waters, though the size of B ...

The recent study described Bathynomus yucatanensis, a giant isopod subspecies that can grow up to 1.64 feet from oblong head to rounded tail.

Isopods are an order of invertebrates belonging to the greater crustacean group of animals, like crabs and shrimp. Scientists estimate that there are around 10,000 species of isopods, coming in a ...

A 14-legged giant isopod is the highlight of a new dish at a ramen restaurant in Taipei and it has people queuing up—both for pictures and for a bite from this bowl of noodles. Since the The ...

Recent years have seen giant isopods like B. vaderi go from being merely the accidental bycatch of local fishermen to an expensive delicacy elevated above even lobster, the so-called king of seafood.

A new species of giant isopod, Bathynomus yucatanensis Huang et al. via Journal of Natural History. Giant isopods are like something out of a science fiction novel—these massive, ...

This could mean waiting for years. Their metabolism is incredibly slow - a giant isopod kept in captivity in Japan reportedly survived for five years without eating. Survival in the deep sea. Giant ...

Like all giant isopods, of which there are around 20 species, B. Vaderi is a carnivore and prefers feeding on crustaceans, fish, squid, and even whale carcasses.. In turn, giant isopods are a ...

A new species of giant isopod, Bathynomus vaderi, has been discovered in the waters of Vietnam. This deep-sea creature, named ...

Giant isopods are an example of deep-sea gigantism. Above, a giant isopod feasts on a fish in the deep sea around 40 miles southeast of Key West, Florida. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research ...

By early 2023, the team realized that these giant isopods belonged to a species that had not been described by scientists. Bathynomus vaderi is considered a supergiant isopod, reaching about 12.7 ...