This fish, which has been popular among ... ancient new species Deep below the surface of the South China Sea, an undiscovered species sat in the sediment for thousands of years before its discovery.

There are only 11 known "supergiant" and nine "giant" Bathynomus species, and this is only the second supergiant to be found in the South China Sea. The species was officially named Bathynomus vaderi, ...

The giant isopod has been named Bathynomus vaderi due to its resemblance to Darth Vader's iconic helmet from "Star Wars." ...

So far, this new species has only been found near the Spratly Islands in Vietnam, but further research will probably confirm its presence in other parts of the South China Sea. Giant isopods like ...

Deep-sea isopods found in markets and restaurants turned out to be a species new to science. Ng PKL, Sidabalok CM, Nguyen TS (2025) ZooKeys Along the coast of the South China Sea in Vietnam ...

So far, the species has only been documented around the Spratly Islands in Vietnam, but scientists expect to find it in other parts of the South China Sea ... the trendy fish dish has spread ...

"That a species as large as this could have stayed hidden for so long reminds us just how much work we still need to do to find out what lives in Southeast Asian waters." In recent years, sea bugs ...

Along the coast of the South China ... sea animals are fished from far away islands before being distributed to markets and restaurants around the country in Southeast Asia. Now, a new species ...

A number of animals, plants and an entire ecosystem were added to Australia's extinction watch list in 2024. We look at the new species under threat.

A purchase at an urban Vietnamese fish market turned out to be a whole new species of giant isopod –with a bit of a dark side. The foot-long crustacean has been named Bathynomus vaderi and sports a ...