Kevin’s wonderful post on the Giant Isopod inspired me to post on a topic I have long pondered. Frequent readers of DSN know that I am fond of Sylvia Earle and the topic of body size. Honestly, it is ...

The two major types of zooplankton we see in our tidepools here are crustaceans (in the same family as crabs and lobsters) called amphipods and isopods. Most of these are considered macroplankton ...

The male giant isopod, known simply as No. 1, last ate on Jan. 2, 2009 — or, to put it in perspective, 18 days before President Obama began his first term.

Isopods are an ancient lineage of crustacean, thought to date back at least 300 million years. Their name is derived from Greek, with “pod” meaning feet and “iso” meaning equal, which is a ...

VOX POPULI: Humans could learn from the giant isopods in the deep ocean Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. May 19, 2023 at 13:51 JST ...

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 ...

The species is much smaller than the largest isopod, the giant isopod (B. giganteus), which can grow to be over a foot (30.5 centimeters) long. B. nickorum is 2.17 inches (5.5 centimeters) long.

Like all giant isopods, of which there are around 20 species, B. Vaderi is a carnivore and prefers feeding on crustaceans, fish, squid, and even whale carcasses. In turn, giant isopods are a ...

The swimming isopod, one of several species in the group, can be gray, yellow or brown, grows to about 3/4 of an inch, and appears happy to swim or crawl. Like other isopods, it looks flattened ...

What I want to discuss, and I use this word specifically as after 10 years contemplation I seem no closer to an answer, is why the Giant Isopod is, well, giant? Mosely noted in 1880 Other [animals] ...