A newly discovered giant isopod has been named after Darth Vader of Star Wars, inspired by his iconic and distinctive helmet. The 32.5 cm-long sea bug, known as a 'supergiant' was found off the coast ...

Deep beneath the waves of the South China Sea, a fascinating creature has surfaced—Bathynomus vaderi, a newly discovered ...

Researchers exploring the wares of fishers in Vietnam discovered a “supergiant” sea bug species whose resemblance to Darth ...

In recent years, the deep-sea giant isopod has also become a seafood delicacy in Vietnam, where it was discovered Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent The head of Bathynomus vaderi, a newly ...

That shocking size is approximately 10 times larger than the average isopod. To date, 11 "supergiant" and nine "giant" Bathynomus species have been discovered, and vaderi is only the second to be ...

Because the head of the animal's carapace bared a resemblance to the iconic helmet worn by Darth Vader in "Star Wars," the creature was named Bathynomus ... to a genus of giant isopods found ...