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Giant Isopods
Bathynomus
A giant isopod is any of the almost 20 species of large isopods (crustaceans distantly related to shrimp and crabs, which are decapods) in the genus Bathynomus. They are abundant in cold, deep waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Bathynomus giganteus, the species upon which the generitype is based, is often considered the largest isopod in the world, though other comparably poorly known species of Bathynomus may reach a similar size (e.g., B. kensleyi)....
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Giant Isopod
speciesBathynomus giganteus
Doederlein's Giant Isopod
speciesBathynomus doederleini
Bathynomus kapala
speciesBathynomus kapala
Yucatan Giant Isopod
speciesBathynomus yucatanensis
Bathynomus vaderi
speciesBathynomus vaderi
Bathynomus miyarei
speciesBathynomus miyarei
Smooth Giant Isopod
speciesBathynomus richeri
Titan Giant Isopod
speciesBathynomus kensleyi
Bathynomus jamesi
speciesBathynomus jamesi
Creole Giant Isopod
speciesBathynomus maxeyorum
Bathynomus affinis
speciesBathynomus affinis
Bathynomus brucei
speciesBathynomus brucei
Bathynomus bruscai
speciesBathynomus bruscai
Bathynomus crosnieri
speciesBathynomus crosnieri
Bathynomus decemspinosus
speciesBathynomus decemspinosus
Bathynomus immanis
speciesBathynomus immanis
Bathynomus keablei
speciesBathynomus keablei
Bathynomus lowryi
speciesBathynomus lowryi
Bathynomus obtusus
speciesBathynomus obtusus
Bathynomus pelor
speciesBathynomus pelor
Bathynomus tuebingoborikensis
speciesBathynomus tuebingoborikensis
Bathynomus raksasa
speciesBathynomus raksasa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 538387.