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Giant 14-legged armored deep-sea creature found 2,500 feet below the waves

An amazing giantdeep-seaporcupine with 14 legs and over 10 inches long was discovered in the Gulf of Mexico.

The isopad, a new species and 25 times larger than its cousin, was found living more than 2,500 feet beneath the waves off the Yucatan Peninsula.

The site of the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

This creature, named Vasonymus yukatanensis, shows that we know more about space than we do about the ocean.

This bizarre animal has a distinctive cream-yellow carapace and is an example of sea gigantism.

Some deep-sea creatures tend to be much larger than those living in shallow water or on land.

This animal has a distinctive creamy yellow shell - an example of ocean gigantism (

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Most isopods are less than 10 mm (0.4 in) long. Twenty species of the "supergiant" Vatinomus genus grow more than 30 times.

They have gone viral on the Internet, becoming the most famous aquatic crustacean since Sebastian in Little His Mermaid.

A mysterious and primitive group that inhabits the Benthic Zone - the deepest part of the ocean and rarely explored directly.

Their cousins ​​range from crabs, shrimps and lobsters to wood lice, pirumushi and lowry police. These are known to anyone who has eaten rotting, lifted rocks, or dug a garden.

Very similar, but of extraordinary size. Maximum reach 1 foot 8 inches.

They look terrifying, but they are completely harmless to humans.

Their bizarre features and unusual size have spawned endless memes and a variety of products that celebrate their adorable weirdness, from stuffed animals to phone cases.

B. yucatanensis adds another addition to the pantheon of isopods. This brings the total species of Vasonymus known in the Gulf of Mexico to his three species.

Looks scary, but harmless to humans (

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Originally thought to be a variety of B. giganteus - one of the largest species discovered in 1879. B. maxeyorum was he described in 2016.

However, closer examination of the specimen revealed a unique set of features. It was trapped and captured in 2017.

Lead author Dr. Ming-Chih Huang of Taiwan's National Tainan University said: Maximorum.

This individual, kept at the Enoshima Aquarium in Japan, was subtly different from its relatives.

Dr. Huang said:

They also have long antennae. The two species have the same number of tail spines called pleotelsons.

Dr. Huang said: "Bathynomus giganteus was discovered over a century ago and over 1,000 specimens have been studied, but until now there has been no suggestion of a second species with the same number of pleoterson spines.

"Surface examination using only pleoterson spines can misidentify B. yukatanensis specimens as B. giganteus.

"When compared to B. maxeyorum, the most distinguishing feature is the pleoterson spines. B. yucatanensis has 11 spines, while B. maxeyorum has 7.”

The mottled color of the shell further distinguished it from its gray relative.

To be sure, scientists performed molecular genetic analyzes comparing B. giganteus and B. yucatanensis.

Vatinomus yukatanensis has strange features and unusual size (

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Dr. Huang said: Morphology identified it as a new species.

Researchers constructed a family tree showing that B. yukatanensis he is most closely related to B. giganteus.

Dr. Huang said: Vachinomus genus in the tropical western Atlantic.

The study also reveals that South China Sea specimens identified as B. kensleyi are in fact B. jamesi.

B. kensleyi is confined to the Coral Sea off Australia.

Dr. Huang noted that "Vacinomus species can be very similar in overall appearance, and it is also becoming increasingly clear that there is a long history of misidentification of species within the genus."

Newly established species distinctions have implications for conservation.

Dr. Huang added: "The commercial potential of Some species of Bacinomus are targeted by deep-sea trawl fisheries.”

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Multicellular units develop from a single fertilized egg and combine to create functional colonies capable of reproduction, digestion, suspension, postural maintenance, and jet-propelled locomotion.

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