2.5ft Giant Isopod - OMG!!!

[albinosage]

God bless any reefer who finds this monster as a hitch hiker...

I work for a Sub-sea Survey Company, recently this beast came up attached to one of our ROVs. It measures a wee bit over 2.5 feet head to tail, and we expect it latched onto the ROV at roughly 8500ft depth. Unfortunately, the e-mail that these pictures were attached to came from a contractor, and the ship he was operating from (and therefore location) is unknown, so I can't tell you what part of the Earth this beast was living.

One more pic just to give you nightmares:

Where is your God now?!

[stevenkoh08]

can have the link to see further looks not so real but indeed it's a wowwww

[albinosage]

Giant isopods are known to grow to up to ~1ft, but the specimen above is said to be recovered from 8500ft (2.5km) deep. Probably a case of deep-sea gigantism where crustaceans, invertebrates and other deep-sea-dwelling animals display a larger size than their shallow-water counterparts.

Video of giant isopods and deep-sea spider crabs feeding on a carcass:

I caught a 1 inch isopod in my tank the other day and I thought the bugger was huge..... D:

[peacemaker]

It is bigger than my tank!