Cymothoidae: A family of isopods that are primarily known for their parasitic relationships with fish. Buccal-attaching: Referring to the ability of certain parasites to attach to the mouth or ...

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 ...

From giant tubeworms to fangtoothed fish, there are tons of terrifying creatures lurking in the deep sea. There’s the giant isopod (Bathynomus ... tail and gigantic mouth, slinks through the ...