A new deep-sea crustacean that bears a striking resemblance to the facehuggers from 'Alien' has been identified off the Gulf of Mexico
A new deep-sea crustacean that bears a striking resemblance to the facehuggers from"Alien" has been identified off the Gulf of Mexico.
The bathynomus yucatanensis is a species of giant isopod, crustaceans that scavenge for food at the bottom of the ocean. Their segmented, fourteen-legged bodies resemble their much smaller relative, the woodlouse. The foot-long size of the giant isopods has been attributed to deep-sea gigantism, the same phenomenon that leads to giant squids at the bottom of our oceans.
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