A remarkable giant deep sea woodlouse with 14 legs and measuring more than 10 inches long has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. The isopad, which is a new species and 25 times bigger than its ...

Lots of bizarre deep sea creatures were spotted in 2022. Here are some of our favorites. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If ...

Scientists have identified a woodlouse relative — a 10-inch-long, ... Creepy deep-sea 'vanilla Vader' woodlouse is 25 times bigger than a land louse. News. By Patrick Pester published 10 August 2022 ...

A small woodlouse-like crustacean seems to help fertilise red seaweed in rock pools, much as a bee pollinates flowers.This suggests that such behaviour is more common in the oceans than we thought ...

Ancient ‘sea woodlice’ had surprisingly complicated guts. By Colin Barras. 28 September 2017 Melanie J. Hopkins, Feiyang Chen, Shixue Hu, Zhifei Zhang. A rare glimpse inside a ...

Rarely seen ‘supergiant’ deep-sea cousin of woodlice is actually quite common, study finds. Crustacean may inhabit 59 per cent of world's oceans. Vishwam Sankaran. Wednesday 21 May 2025 10:22 BST.

Giant sea woodlouse at Weymouth Sealife Centre Credit: Photo: BNPS . The one foot long Giant Isopods live up to 6,000ft down on the seabed where there is no light.

Although isopods range widely in size, the new species is about 26 centimeters long and about 2,500% larger than the average woodlouse. With 11 spines, B. yucatanensis is not your typical sea animal.

A giant deep-sea, a huge marine relative of the common woodlouse or roly-poly, has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. Measuring more than 10 inches long, the isopod, a new species, is 25 times ...

A remarkable giant deep sea woodlouse with 14 legs and measuring more than 10 inches long has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. The isopad, which is a new species and 25 times bigger than its ...

A rarely spotted “supergiant” crustacean related to woodlice is actually a common inhabitant of the sea floor, a new study finds. The deep-sea creature, Alicella gigantea, which can grow up to ...