New foot-long crustacean named after Darth Vader
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 head that resembles the iconic helmet of Darth Vader from the Star Wars.
The hadal zone, as scientists call it, is located in the ocean trenches, more than 6,000 meters below the surface. This ...
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A New Crayfish Species Was Hiding in Plain Sight Among Common Aquarium Pets, Researchers FindNative to Indonesian New Guinea, the crustacean comes in two color forms and is a popular pet choice in Europe, Japan, the ...
New invasive crustacean species were recently discovered along Mediterranean coasts, putting officials on alert to quickly ...
The miniature crustacean has won hearts online, with the video going viral on social media. The clip has amassed some 9.1 ...
A previously unrecognized aquatic species has been discovered in an unlikely place... and you may already have one living in ...
Scientists have now discovered a crustacean species called Dulcibella camanchaca, which they report is the first, active, amphipod crustacean predator to be found at such extreme depths. While ...
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