Facts: The Giant Isopod

Quick facts about this giant deep sea crustacean that is related to pill bugs! The giant isopod (Bathynomus, sea cockroach, deep sea isopod, monster bug). Giant isopod facts! This creature is featured in Animal Crossing.

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References and Helpful Links
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063703000360?casa_token=kE6kYpCd074AAAAA:zZtNOm4lLTHRdcdwIvEVoTTxJp6OrdEMrQJhK1PXuNBPYDd6Ou18pWE7JBAGIiW-87PLztRybg
https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/isopod.html
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.2737
https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/38866/38866.pdf
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10750-018-3563-6
https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/53906/
https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2010/03/31/bathynomus-giganteus-terrifying-sea-beast-hauled-up/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312071631_A_new_species_of_the_giant_deep-sea_isopod_genus_Bathynomus_A_Milne_Edwards_1879_Crustacea_Isopoda_Cirolanidae_from_Hainan_Island_South_China_Sea
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-sea-monster-bathynomus-115395777/

Moore, Heidi. Giant Isopods and Other Crafty Crustaceans. United States, Capstone, 2011.

Claybourne, Anna. 100 Most Disgusting Things on the Planet. United States, QEB PUB QUARTO LIB, 2019.
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By Corbari L. - MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle (2020). The crustaceans collection (IU) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). Version 68.158. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qgvvhd accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-03-24. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1212549670, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88621869
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