What is Giant isopod?
{{Taxobox | name = Giant isopods | image = Giant_isopod.jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | subphylum = [[Crustacea]] | classis = [[Malacostraca]] | ordo = [[Isopoda]] | familia = [[Cirolanidae]] | genus = '''''Bathynomus''''' <!-- | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = * ''Bathynomus affinis'' * ''Bathynomus decemspinosus'' * ''Bathynomus doerderleinii'' * ''Bathynomus giganteus'' * ''Bathynomus immanis'' * ''Bathynomus kapala'' * ''Bathynomus miyarei'' * ''Bathynomus pelor'' * ''Bathynomus propinquus'' --> }} '''Giant isopods''' are big [[crustacean]]s that live at the bottom of the [[ocean]]. They can grow up to 45 [[Centimeter|cm]] long and weigh up to 1.7 [[Kilogram|kg]]. Currently about 9 different species are known. Giant isopods usually eat dead [[whale]]s, [[fish]] and [[squid]]. They may also be active scavengers, and hunt slow-moving prey, such as [[sea cucumber]]s, [[sponge]]s, [[nematode]]s. Perhaps they even catch live fish. They live in depths between 170m to about 2200m. Over 80% can be found between 365&nbsp;m and 730&nbsp;m&nbsp; of depth.<ref>{{Cite journal |quote=no |author=[[Lipke Holthuis|L. B. Holthuis]] & W. R. Mikulka |year=1972 |title=Notes on the deep-sea isopods of the genus ''Bathynomus'' A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 |journal=[[Bulletin of Marine Science]] |volume=22 |pages=575–591}}</ref> They probably prefer a [[mud]]dy or [[clay]] ocean floor environment, and lead solitary lives. ==References== <references /> {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Isopods]]