They've got a really hard outside shell, like other crustaceans, and there's not much meat in the animal - there's less meat than in a crab. So there aren't a lot of other animals that are going to ...

“Ogusokumushi,” or the deep-sea giant isopod called Bathynomus doederleinii by its scientific name, is always a favorite among aquarium visitors. Its body is about 10 centimeters ...

The coprolite fossil preserves the shape of a small parasitic isopod, now identified as a new genus and species named ...

It settles on the tiny shell of a very young hermit crab ... This is a parasitic isopod—a tiny crustacean. It was discovered in Pumula, KwaZulu-Natal, a region known for its high biodiversity.