A. gigantea is the largest-known amphipod species. Most amphipods top out at less than the size of a fingertip, but A. gigantea is a bonafide giant, with the largest specimen found to date ...

Alicella gigantea, a rarely sighted giant crustacean that inhabits the depths of the ocean and can reach up to 34 cm in length, is not rare after all. This species, though elusive, is one of the ...

Amphipod is among the most diverse group of crustaceans, with over 10,000 extant species, including woodlice, shrimps, and lobsters. Amphipods are known to inhabit all aquatic environments worldwide.

New alien-looking deep-sea predator discovered, scientists name it 'Darkness' Scientists have discovered Dulcibella camanchaca, a predatory amphipod, in the Atacama Trench.

The amphipod has been classified under the Eusiridae family and it has now become a significant addition to deep-sea biodiversity. It looks like a ghostly white snailfish and it seems to be alien ...

Researchers discovered Dulcibella camanchaca, a new predatory amphipod in the Atacama Trench, unveiling secrets of deep-sea life at 7,902 metres.

A bizarre new predator has been discovered lurking 26,000 feet below the ocean's surface and has been named after its pitch-black home. The new crustacean was discovered deep in the Atacama Trench ...

It eats the smaller amphipod species found in the Atacama Trench’s food-limited realm off the coasts of Peru and Chile. The trench stretches along the eastern South Pacific Ocean.

Decades after it was first found in Japan, a species of crustacean with unique black-and-white coloring that resembles a panda has been confirmed to be new to science. Melitid amphipods are ...

A new species of tiny amphipod was discovered by an underwater robot on an expedition to the Caroline Plate and was found pregnant ...