There are 20 known species in the genus Bathynomus; B. giganteus, or the giant isopod, is the biggest. Yes, they're kind of creepy looking. But they're also kind of cute! Here are a few things we ...

However, thanks to modern techniques – including the first ever genomic data for this particular family of deep-sea isopods – scientists have now been able to determine that what looked like H.

The bathynomus yucatanensis is a species of giant isopod, crustaceans that scavenge for food at the bottom of the ocean. Their segmented, fourteen-legged bodies resemble their much smaller ...

Amazing new footage shows a rare Deepstaria jellyfish with a resident isopod in its bell off the coast of Chile. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

About 1 million species of animals live in the ocean. They should make room for one more: a nearly foot-long yellow isopod that thrives at the bottom of the sea. Identified as Bathonymus ...

The coprolite fossil preserves the shape of a small parasitic isopod, now identified as a new genus and species named Calverteca osbornei, in honor of Osborne, who found the specimen. These ...

Scientists recently trapped a giant isopod off the coast of Mexico, and after studying its anatomy and DNA, they determined that the crustacean is an entirely new species. Deep sea isopods dwell ...

The jumbo isopod has been named Bathynomus vaderi because its carapaced cranium resembles Darth Vader’s iconic helmet from “Star Wars, Livescience reported. This particular critter ...

Isopods are part of nature’s “cleanup crew”. The land-dwelling variants of these crustaceans can be found in the detritus and soil of forests, fields and gardens all around the world ...

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, armored ...