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New "Supergiant" Isopod Species Named After Darth Vader

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B. vaderi's head looks like Darth Vader's helmet (Credit: Nguyen Thanh Son/ CC-BY-SA-2.0)

With two pairs of antennae, large compound eyes, and four sets of jaws, giant isopods look like creatures from a science fiction movie. Now, researchers have discovered a new "supergiant" isopod species with a head strikingly similar to Darth Vader’s helmet. In a nod to the iconic Star Wars villain, they have named it Bathynomus vaderi (B. vaderi).