Giant deep-sea isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) The animal comes off the coast of Uruguay. It is a quite slow moving animal
The isopods is a scavengers in the deep-sea benthic environment.
[size of single organism: 20 cm] Picture was taken in cooperation with the Zoological Museum University of Hamburg | Riesen-Tiefseeassel (Bathynomus giganteus) Das Bild entstand in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg (ZMH); K-30298; WH 47/68, 33° 38' S, 50° 38' W, ca. 800 m, Forschungsschiff “Walther Herwig” Sammler und Schenker Dr. H. Schulz, 25.02.1968, det. H. Schulz
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