The Deep Ocean Giant Isopod Looks Like a Huge Roly-poly Bug
2022年6月7日 · Giant isopods look surprisingly similar to tiny, land-dwelling roly-polies, except their exoskeleton is brown or pale lilac in color. And like their roly-poly cousins, giant isopods …
Armadillidiidae - Wikipedia
This ability gives woodlice in this family their common names of pill bugs [1] or roly polies. [2] Other common names include slaters, potato bugs, butchy boys, [3] and doodle bugs. [4] Most …
Meet the Giant Isopod of the Deep Sea - Ocean Conservancy
2023年9月21日 · The deep-sea isopod, or Bathynomus giganteus, is the biggest isopod species of this order, growing anywhere from 11 to 20 inches in length. This is thanks to deep-sea …
Giant isopod | Animals | Monterey Bay Aquarium
The pillbug — that roly poly backyard bug — has a colossal cousin that lives in the ocean’s darkest depths. The giant isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) roams the deep seafloor feasting on …
Giant Roly-Poly Relative Found Deep Within Gulf of Mexico
2022年8月9日 · A giant deep-sea, a huge marine relative of the common woodlouse or roly-poly, has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. Measuring more than 10 inches long, the isopod, a …
Deep Sea Isopods Look Like Huge Rolly Pollies - Nautilus Live
2015年5月2日 · The team encounters a lot of deep sea isopods on the seafloor that look like huge "rolly poly" bugs. Part of the same order, Isopoda, as their land-based relatives, these …
Pill bugs emerged from the sea to conquer the Earth
2017年2月9日 · Pill bugs are more closely related to shrimp and lobsters than crickets or butterflies -- plus other little known facts about roly polies.