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In Vietnam, it is served as food after being steamed, grilled, stir-fried or cooked with fried rice. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Move aside, lobster—a newly described giant isopod from Vietnam is now a seafood delicacy, and it has a cool name to go along with this status: Bathynomus vaderi, in homage to Darth Vader.

Scientists have discovered a new species of 'supergiant' sea bug in Vietnam, named Bathynomus vaderi due to its resemblance to Darth Vader's helmet. This species, part of the Bathynomus genus, can ...

Isopods have grown in popularity as a seafood delicacy in Vietnam over the past decade, and scientists say they have identified a new species in the nation’s waters. The new species has been named ...

Newly-discovered giant sea bug resembling Darth Vader isn't as scary as it looks The creature belongs to a genus of giant isopods found in abundance in deep-sea waters, though the size of B ...

Scientists connect the health of deep sea creature populations with global climate 06:13. Researchers studying crustaceans in Vietnam have identified a new "supergiant" sea bug species that bears ...

The creature was found when researchers bought crustaceans from fishermen and eateries in Vietnam for research purposes. It was caught by fishermen who were deep-sea trawling some 92.6km off the ...

SINGAPORE: Isopods are tiny creatures typically measuring under 2.5cm in length, but scientists have just discovered a gigantic one that is more than 10 times the average size.

What’s new: From the seafood markets of Vietnam, researchers have identified a species of giant crustacean or “sea bug” that’s new to science. They’ve named it Bathynomus vaderi, for its ...

Giant ‘Darth Vader’ sea bug discovered off the coast of Vietnam Nguyen Thanh Son via CNN Newsource Researchers said they named a newfound species "Bathynomus vaderi" because the supergiant sea ...

Researchers said they named a newfound species "Bathynomus vaderi" because the supergiant sea bug's head resembles Darth Vader's helmet. SOURCE: Nguyen Thanh Son via CNN Newsource Updated: 2:54 PM ...