Weighing over a kilogram, giant isopods like B. vaderi are an example of deep-sea gigantism – a tendency for animals that dwell in the deep to grow larger than their shallow water cousins. This ...

The incredible size of these creatures is a result of a phenomenon called "deep-sea gigantism". Like the Bathynomus species, B. vaderi has compound eyes, seven body segments, two pairs of antennae ...

Weighing over a kilogram, giant isopods like B. vaderi are an example of deep-sea gigantism – a tendency for animals that dwell in the deep to grow larger than their shallow water cousins.

“The enormous size of giant isopods is a result of a phenomenon known as deep sea gigantism or abyssal gigantism, the tendency of deep-sea animals to grow to a much larger size than similar ...

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