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 ...

Why it's awesome: Earth's oceans are home to many secretive and unusual creatures that humans rarely see — including giant phantom jellies. These elusive deep-sea creatures have a 3.3-foot-wide ...

Why it's awesome: Earth's oceans are home to many secretive and unusual creatures that humans rarely see — including giant phantom jellies ... out of their mother's mouth.

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 ...

Although B. vaderi has only been observed near the Spratly Islands, researchers believe it could also inhabit other areas of the South China Sea. In Vietnam, these giant isopods have become a prized ...

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 ...

The crustaceans, members of the isopod family, are fished from deep ... There are only 11 known "supergiant" and nine "giant" Bathynomus species, and this is only the second supergiant to be ...