Huge Deep Sea Bug—Er, Isopod—Discovered in Gulf of Mexico

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Takeaways:

  • Scientists have recently discovered an entirely new crustacean species off the coast of Mexico.
  • They found that the species’ DNA was more like the giant isopod B. giganteus than the other species in the Gulf, B. maxeyorum.
  • They also found that this new species is more slender and slightly shorter in length than its cousins and has more spines protruding from its tail.

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