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	Sea and Sky: Giant Isopod
		The giant isopod is the largest known member of the isopod family.
		Giant isopods are known to reach a size of over 16 inches in length and are one of the largest members of the crustacean family.
		Giant isopods are all over the world at depths of over 2000 feet.
	www.seasky.org /monsters/sea7a1n.html (144 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Giant isopod
		Bathynomus propinquus A giant isopod may be one of approximately nine species of large isopods (crustaceans related to the shrimps and crabs) in the genus Bathynomus.
		Their morphology is nonetheless familiar to most people as giant isopods closely resemble their terrestrial cousins, the woodlice: their bodies are dorso-ventrally compressed, protected by a rigid, calcareous exoskeleton composed of imbricate segments.
		When a significant source of food is encountered, giant isopods gorge themselves to the point of compromising their locomotive ability.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Giant_isopod (818 words)

	Isopoda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		Isopods are the most diverse in form and the most species-rich crustaceans of the superorder Peracarida (isopods, amphipods, tanaids, and their kin).
		Isopods are common inhabitants of nearly all environments, and they are unusual among the Crustacea for their ubiquity.
		The phylogeny of Brusca and Wilson shows the isopods originating in a "short-tailed" morphology similar to that of modern tanaids, in which the pleotelson is highly reduced and the styliform uropods and anus are terminal.
	phylogeny.arizona.edu /tree/eukaryotes/animals/arthropoda/crustacea/isopoda/isopoda.html (2667 words)

	Isopoda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Isopods are one of the most diverse orders of crustaceans, with many species living in all environments, and are common in shallow marine waters.
		Unlike most crustaceans, isopods are successful on land (suborder Oniscidea, woodlice), although their greatest diversity remains in the deep sea (suborder Asellota).
		The isopods are an ancient group with fossils known from the Carboniferous (suborder Phreatoicidea, family Paleophreatoicidae) that only differ slightly from modern southern hemisphere freshwater phreatoicideans.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isopod (126 words)

	Natuurinformatie - Bathynomus giganteus, the giant isopod (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		The giant and the dwarf: Bathynomus giganteus, the giant isopod besides the familiar Wood Lice.
		The discovery of such a giant deep-sea isopod had a strong impact on the public imagination and several illustrations of the animal appeared in popular books dealing with the mysterious deep-sea world.
		The giant isopods live on the bottom of the sea, at a depth between 170 and 2,140 m, and seem to prefer a silty bottom texture.
	www.natuurinformatie.nl /ndb.kbin.en/natuurdatabase.nl/i000346.html (491 words)

	Isopod, Pillbug, Sow Bug Information
		Isopods are omnivores or scavengers feeding on dead or decaying plants or animals.
		Isopods breathe with gills, so they are restricted to areas with high humidity, under rocks or logs, in leaf litter or in crevices.
		If you are going to keep the isopods a couple days before placing them in the classroom, use a plastic margarine or cottage cheese container with small holes poked in the lid and a moistened piece of paper towel lightly crumple inside.
	insected.arizona.edu /isoinfo.htm (539 words)

	NOAA Ocean Explorer: Gulf of Mexico Expedition
		The underside of a giant isopod captured in one of Dr. Carney’s traps.
		The giant isopod is an efficient scavenger on the continental slopes of the western Atlantic,
		Although giant isopods have been known for more than a century, we just learned during this year’s Gulf of Mexico expeditions that these creatures have the largest known eggs of any marine invertebrate.
	oceanexplorer.noaa.gov /explorations/02mexico/logs/oct13/oct13.html (527 words)

	Sphaeromatidae::Niel L. Bruce Publications
		Bruce, N. Redescription of the South African sphaeromatid isopod genera Artopoles Barnard, 1920, Parasphaeroma Stebbing, 1902 and Stathmos Barnard, 1940.
		Bruce, N. Calyptolana hancocki, a new genus and species of marine isopod (Cirolanidae) from Aruba, Netherland Antilles, with a synopsis of Cirolanidae known from the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.
		Bruce, N. Preliminary diagnosis of a new genus of marine isopod (Flabellifera, Cirolanidae).
	isopods.nhm.org /people/bruce/publications.html (2318 words)

	About Cirolanid Isopods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		Cirolanids occur in great abundance in both temperate and tropical waters, and they are often the most numerous isopods (and most numerous crustaceans) in littoral habitats, such as temperate rocky shores and tropical sand beaches (Dexter, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, Glynn et al.
		That the eastern Pacific isopod fauna has close ties to the Caribbean fauna is evinced by the number of amphi-American species (at least 8 species of Cirolanidae; at least 17 isopod species altogether) and the high number of probable amphi-American sister-species ("geminate species").
		Whereas siltation/enrichment reduces coral diversity, it appears to have little effect on isopods, or may actually enhance isopod diversity, although it drives a feeding niche shift among reef-dwelling isopods from assemblages dominated by carnivores to those dominated by herbivores and scavengers.
	tolweb.org /tree/eukaryotes/animals/arthropoda/crustacea/isopoda/accessory/aboutci.html (820 words)

	Isopods
		The isopod Astacilla longicornis on a deep water coral (Paramuricea placomus).
		The isopod Astacilla longicornis on a deep water koral (Paramuricea placomus).
		A isopod (Astacilla longicornis) is resting on a deep water coral(Paramuricea placomus).
	articles.uwphoto.no /oversikter/Marine_biology_Crustaceans_Isopods.htm (96 words)

	Need some help with my ALIENS game (Science questions, my players: KEEP OUT!) - RPGnet Forums
		The length of the day is exactly the same as the period of the orbit of the moon around the gas giant.
		In this case, any conteninents there are are likely to be either right underneath the gas giant, or on the side of the moon opposite the gas giant.
		Well, in every stellar system where we've seen moons around gas giants (statistical sample size: 1), the plain of most moon orbits is pretty close to the plain of all the planet orbits.
	forum.rpg.net /showthread.php?t=128622 (1494 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		The giant isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) is known from the Atlantic and Pacific but is believed to occure in all oceans in isolated pockets.
		It lives at depths of about 150 m down to 2250 m mainly on silty or gravel bottoms were is scavanges for sunken cadavers or hunts prey.
		On occasion, the isopod is trapped in deep sea trawling nets and during the haul it feasts on the catch of fish, much to the fishermen's dislike, but these encounters remain rare.
	www.naturalart.be /Mainpages/Articles/BG.htm (254 words)

	"Beach hoppers, the sandy shore custodians" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		As is also the case with beach hoppers, this particular species of isopod remains buried all day above the high-tide mark and conserves energy by lowering its rate of respiration.
		Their first two pairs of legs have been modified as nippers and the remaining five pairs are used for walking.
		They should not be confused with the above-mentioned isopods (meaning "similar footed"), which have all seven pairs of legs similarly structured and the body is not laterally compressed.
	www.museums.org.za /bio/articles/pank/beach_hoppers.htm (1406 words)

	Cryptomundo.com
		What Scott is being shown is not cryptozoological, not a mutation of a smaller creature, but represent images of the giant isopods, which are usually found in deep sea explorations.
		The giant isopods are crustaceans in the genus Brahynomus.
		In Sorocaba, the information was given out that the creature had been taken to the zoo "Quinzinho de Barros." The e-mail informed that the animal, with the appearance of a giant crustacean, was 60 centimeters in length and weighed about 5 kilograms.
	www.cryptomundo.com /cryptozoo-news/strange-brazil (1540 words)

	Salt Concentration
		The giant Antarctic isopod Glyptonotus antarcticus is 4 inches long.
		A giant Antarctic sea spider is the size of a human's palm.
		Both the isopod and the sea spider in other seas are easily-overlooked specimens no bigger than a fingernail.
	octopus.gma.org /surfing/antarctica/salt.html (713 words)

	Fantastic Creature.... - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		The giant pillbug thinger might be a relative of the horseshoe crab...
		The first one is a Giant Isopod, not a pillbug.
		An isopod is a ancient creature that has been around before the dinosaurs.It is a species of undersea crustacean.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=27010&st=0&p=354085&#entry354085 (927 words)

	Sunbeams From Cucumbers: Circus of the Spineless #12
		One animal whose giantism needs to be explained is the deep-sea giant isopod Bathynomus giganteus.
		One of my profs used to have a freeze-dried giant isopod on a shelf in the classroom, and its hideous visage provided me with the strength I needed to make it through the day.
		There's more isopod to be had with DSN's visit to the London Museum of Natural History (no word on its hair status).
	stevereuland.blogspot.com /2006/08/circus-of-spineless-12.html (1617 words)

	TEA: Brogenski- -- 11.25.2003
		The Giant Isopod can grow to twenty centimeters in length and may live from five to eight years.
		As a benthic (bottom-dwelling) predator and omnivorous scavenger, the isopod shares the same ecological niche as lobsters and crabs which live in temperate waters.
		Measuring approximately 30 cm across, arm tip to arm tip, these colorful giants are always in search of their next meal.
	tea.armadaproject.org /brogenski/11.25.2003.html (1270 words)

	- V X - Dangerously Intelligent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		They can distinguish 4 colors of ultraviolet light and distinguish perhaps 100,000 in the normal spectrum, compared to our measly 10,000.
		Closely related to pill bugs and rollie-pollies, they are the largest of the isopod family, reaching 16 inches in length.
		The longest of all species of fish, the oar fish's ribbon-like body has been reported to grow up to 17 meters in length.
	sdcc17.ucsd.edu /~fgackerm/articles/scaryfish.html (405 words)

	Deep Sea Isopod: WhoZoo
		They develop embryos in a direct matter within the female brood pouch and emerge as juveniles.
		Isopods are egg laying, but have no larval stages.
		There are currently two Deep Sea Isopods the Fort Worth Zoo.
	www.whozoo.org /Anlife2001/chelsy/clh_Bathynomus.htm (247 words)

	PHY's BATHYAL & ABYSSAL MOLLUSCA, ARTHROPODA
		The giant squid has been found dead many times (washed ashore), but none have been seen alive.
		A Giant Squid specimen at the Smithsonian in D.C. It is thought to live at 300-700m in the mesopelagic
		The latter are tiny in shallow waters, seldom seen; but the deep sea spiders are often huge.
	people.whitman.edu /~yancey/mollusc.html (617 words)

	What the hell is this giant bug? - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community
		The first two photos are of an Isopod, thought to be a modern relative of the trilobite.
		The first of the three is the Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni or giant squid.
		The second is a photoshopped fake and the third is of regular squid but due to the photography technique they appear to be much larger than they really are.
	www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread152647/pg1 (1688 words)

	Crustacia PHOTOVAULT® Image (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		Information: This is the largest known crustatcian of the isopod family.
		It is a carnivor and scavenges deep on the ocean floor where food is scarce.
		The Giant Isopod can be found at depths over 2000 feet all over the world and also some have colonized freshwater habitats.
	www.photovault.com /Link/Animals/Aquatic/rCrustacia/show.asp?tg=AARVolume01/AARV01P11_03 (129 words)

	Cryptozoology.com
		Hello, that giant sea-insect looks kind of like a mole crab.
		i do think it must be some kind of isopod but the abdomen looks like a beetles, kinda.
		I think what your talking about is a sand flea there easy to catch.
	www.cryptozoology.com /forum/topic_view_thread.php?tid=23&pid=355802 (148 words)

	digicam.coza - Freelance - 2003 - 03.03.20 - two oceans aquarium
		The largest known living isopods, these animals occupy the cold, dark ocean floors, occuring at depths of 360-600m in temperatures below 9 degrees C. Previous image: Macro starfish
		Do you sell blow up dolls, in the shape of the deep sea giant isopod.
		I wish to have one as a pet, and attempt to walk it about my neighborhood on leash, taking it to the dog park and catching frisbees together.
	digicam.co.za /gallery/details.php?image_id=2092 (373 words)

	Oasis under the ice: exploring the surprisingly rich world hidden beneath the Antarctic ice International Wildlife - ...
		Then, at 30 meters (100 ft.), we find ourselves floating over a dazzling array of sponges: long, thin yellow fingers; giant, white vases; pink staghorns; bright yellow cacti; deep, green globes; and bright red clusters.
		Among the sponges are other bottom-dwelling, or "benthic," creatures: tuber-like sea squirts, bryozoans (tiny animals that form delicate, lacy colonies) and groves of lavender hydroids (flower-like relatives of sea anemones).
		In shallower areas where anchor-ice activity is greatest, one finds only creatures that can "outrun" the ice before it forms: sea stars, urchins, sea spiders and the occasional giant isopod.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1170/is_n6_v27/ai_19973489 (925 words)

	Giant Isopod
		Trapping for Predators, Diving for Prey Giant Isopods at WhoZoo
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	food-guided.com /a/220829/Giant+isopod.html (989 words)

	Sowbugs of Kentucky - University of Kentucky Entomology
		Although the names "pillbug" and "sowbug" are often used interchangeably, the name "pillbug" is often reserved for those isopods that can roll themselves into a ball for protection from predators.
		Aquatic Isopods, like the one pictured below, are very common under rocks and logs in Kentucky streams and lakes.
		There are other members of the order Isopoda that look very similar to roly-polies, but live in the deep ocean.
	www.uky.edu /Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/relatives/sowbugs/sowbug.htm (592 words)

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