#bathynomus — Public Fediverse posts

The Dark Side of the ocean: New giant sea bug species named after Darth Vader https://phys.org/news/2025-01-dark-side-ocean-giant-sea.html

A #NewSpecies of supergiant Bathynomus from Vietnam, with notes on the taxonomy of Bathynomus jamesi https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/139335/

"#GiantIsopods, which can reach more than 30 cm in length, are known as bọ biển or sea bugs in #Vietnam. For the first time, one such species was described from Vietnamese waters and named #Bathynomus vaderi. The name is inspired by the appearance of its head"

Le "Dark Vador des mers" : découverte d'une nouvelle espèce "supergéante" en #Indonésie

#Isopode #Bathynomus #raksasa. Un sorte de "cafard supergéant"

https://www.geo.fr/environnement/le-dark-vador-des-mers-decouverte-dune-nouvelle-espece-supergeante-en-indonesie-201347

Le "Dark Vador des mers" : découverte d'une nouvelle espèce "supergéante" en #Indonésie

#Isopode #Bathynomus #raksasa. Un sorte de "cafard supergéant"

https://www.geo.fr/environnement/le-dark-vador-des-mers-decouverte-dune-nouvelle-espece-supergeante-en-indonesie-201347

Review of the Kitan Club Nature Techni Colour Giant Isopod, Bathynomus giganteus, Milne-Edwards, 1879. The figure was released in late December 2014. Bathynomus giganteus is the largest known species of isopods although it has been considered that other species within the same genus may rival it in size. The remarkable size, roughly that of a loaf of bread at usually between 190 and 350 mm […]