Giant isopods are a distant cousin of crabs and prawns. They are the largest among the thousands of species in the crustacean group, said the NOAA Ocean Exploration on its website. These animals ...

The creature belongs to a genus of giant isopods found in abundance in deep-sea waters. Referred to by the researchers as a "supergiant," the largest of the specimens weighed more than 2.2 pounds ...

Want to read more? Check out our stories here. Bathynomus isopods are divided into two size-based groups, researchers said. Giant species are 5.9 inches or shorter, while supergiants are anything ...

Giant isopods spend the majority of their time on the seabed, waiting for food to fall from higher in the water column The largest isopods are the species Bathynomus giganteus. When it comes to their ...

Scientists believe this isopod's big size is due to the fact it lives deep underwater, on the ocean bed. This new species of giant isopod is around 2,500 times bigger than a garden woodlouse ...

A new species of giant isopod, Bathynomus vaderi ... especially those in the Bathynomus genus, represent the largest members of this order. The name vaderi is inspired by the resemblance of ...