A purchase at an urban Vietnamese fish market turned out to be a whole new species of giant isopod –with a bit of a dark side. The foot-long crustacean has been named Bathynomus vaderi and sports a ...

Dr. Nguyen Thanh Son holding a giant specimen of another species of supergiant isopod found in Vietnam ... in Quy Nhơn City – and no, not for eating. Because the creatures looked a bit ...

Giant isopods are foodies as well ... “When they‘re hungry, and they‘re eating, {we’ll} definitely have a lot of food around them because they‘ll keep eating.” Their carnivorous ...

“The enormous size of giant isopods is a result of a phenomenon ... scavenge carcasses on the seafloor, but may also eat live prey. Isopods are crustaceans, part of a group that includes ...

In recent years, the deep-sea giant isopod has also become a seafood delicacy ... and if they become a very unusual and sought-after item, we may eat them out of existence,” says Lanna Cheng ...

Move aside, lobster—a newly described giant isopod from Vietnam is now a seafood delicacy ... and if they become a very ...

vaderi, are members of the isopod family, characterized by their ... Currently, there are only 11 known “supergiant” and nine “giant” Bathynomus species, with several awaiting formal ...

Giant isopods, which belong to the Bathynomus genus ... “When they‘re hungry, and they‘re eating, {we’ll} definitely have a lot of food around them because they‘ll keep eating.” ...