New Species of Giant Isopod Discovered in South China Sea

New Species of Giant Isopod Discovered in South China Sea

The new isopod species has been named Bathynomus vaderi after the most famous Sith Lord in the Star Wars movie series, Darth Vader, whose helmet resembles the marine animal’s head.

Bathynomus vaderi. Image credit: Ng et al., doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1223.139335.

Support authors and subscribe to content

This is premium stuff. Subscribe to read the entire article.

Subscribe

Gain access to all our Premium contents.
More than 100+ articles.

Buy Article

Unlock this article and gain permanent access to read it.
Exit mobile version