Deep beneath the waves of the South China Sea, a fascinating creature has surfaced—Bathynomus vaderi, a newly discovered species of giant isopod. This "supergiant" crustacean reaches lengths of over ...

The creature belongs to a genus of giant isopods found in abundance ... examined were caught in the South China Sea offshore of the city of Quy Nhon in south-central Vietnam, west of the Spratly ...

Hanoi and Hồ Chí Minh City. According to the researchers, the discovery of a new giant isopod off the Vietnamese coast reveals just how little we know about the denizens of the deep sea.

vaderi were deep-sea trawling in the South China Sea about 50 nautical miles offshore of the city of Quy Nhon in south ... known “supergiant” and nine “giant” Bathynomus species, with ...