Parasitic isopods, particularly those within the family Cymothoidae, represent a remarkable example of host‐parasite coevolution in marine environments. These crustaceans attach to or embed ...

“This fossil isopod was probably living in the mouth of a fish, became detached, swallowed, and then passed essentially undigested through the fish’s intestines,” said Dr. Godfrey.

Giant isopods are an example of deep-sea gigantism. Above, a giant isopod feasts on a fish in the deep sea around 40 miles southeast of Key West, Florida. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research ...

So these are the isopods that go into the mouth of the fish. They can sit on the tongue, then they destroy the tongue of the fish, and then they function as the fish's tongue.

NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Gulf of Mexico 2012 Expedition, via NOAA Photo Library, Flickr // CC by 2.0. Giant isopods live between 550 to 7020 feet deep (and potentially deeper), and prefer a ...

M ove aside, lobster—a newly described giant isopod from Vietnam is now a seafood delicacy, and it has a cool name to go ...

The Socorro isopod is an endangered crustacean endemic to the thermal water of a spring in the state of New Mexico. Its population is relegated to just three small habitats, like a concrete pool ...

This is the third supergiant isopod species discovered in the South China Sea since 2017, researchers said. Photo by Huang M-C, Kawai T (2025) At a fishing port in Taiwan, researchers bought four ...

Scientists find intriguing new species worldwide, like Amazon frogs, isopods under Roman mines, Vietnam lizards, and Sumatra betta fish.