Giant Isopods | Bathynomus doederleinii | Japan

A pile of giant isopods (Bathynomus doederleinii), caught at a depth of 300m to 400m in Suruga Bay, Japan. This photograph of the ventral side of an isopod provides a clear view of the seven body segments (pereon), seven pairs of legs (pereopods), abdomen (pleon), respiratory gill structures (rami), and the mouth structure (which comprises mandibles, maxillae 1, maxillae 2, and the first set of limbs, which are called the maxillipeds).

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A pile of giant isopods (Bathynomus doederleinii), caught at a depth of 300m to 400m in Suruga Bay, Japan. This photograph of the ventral side of an isopod provides a clear view of the seven body segments (pereon), seven pairs of legs (pereopods), abdomen (pleon), respiratory gill structures (rami), and the mouth structure (which comprises mandibles, maxillae 1, maxillae 2, and the first set of limbs, which are called the maxillipeds).