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Ominous and Helmeted, New Species of Giant Deep-Sea Crustacean Named After Darth Vader

Though recently gaining the limelight as a superior alternative to lobster tail, a species of giant isopod is making headlines for another reason: it was never officially entered into the scientific record. Now that it has, it happened to be through the work of Peter Ng, a “carcinologist” or crustacean researcher (i.e. cancer, in both […]

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A pair of Bathynomus vaderi purchased from the fish market – credit: Rene OngThough recently gaining the limelight as a superior alternative to lobster tail, a species of giant isopod is making headlines for another reason: it was never officially entered into the scientific record.