A purchase at an urban Vietnamese fish market turned out to be a whole new species of giant isopod ... that resembles the iconic helmet of Darth Vader from the Star Wars. It is the first giant ...

The giant isopod has been named Bathynomus vaderi due to its resemblance to Darth Vader's iconic helmet from ... bottom of the Atacama Trench For the new study, published Jan.

What has 14 legs, lives at the bottom of the sea, and looks like Darth Vader? It's a newly discovered species of supergiant isopod, and should you happen to be in Vietnam sometime soon ...

A large crustacean that lives in the sea off Vietnam has been designated as a new species and named after Darth Vader. Bathynomus vaderi is a kind of isopod, a group that also includes woodlice.

The jumbo isopod has been named Bathynomus vaderi because its carapaced cranium resembles Darth Vader’s iconic helmet from “Star Wars, Livescience reported. This particular critter ...

A team of researchers identified a new species of sea bug and it’s a whopper. They named it Bathynomus vaderi in honor of Darth Vader, the iconic villain from the Star Wars universe. Bathynomus ...

The bug's head bears a striking resemblance to Darth Vader - so much so that scientists included the villain in the new Latin name, Bathynomus vaderi. The species belongs to a group of isopods ...

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And while Darth Vader came from a galaxy far, far away, at least we can take comfort knowing B. vaderi has been hiding much closer to home. Scientists obtained specimens through purchases from ...