海怪抑或巨大的甲殼動物？

海怪抑或巨大的甲殼動物？
Sea Monster or Giant Crustacean?
A newly recovered giant isopod -- or Bathynomus giganteus -- has been terrifying and entertaining Web surfers. Will it keep you from swimming?

Giant isopods are important scavengers in the deep-sea; they are found from the gloomy zones at a depth of 560 feet to the pitch darkness of the bathypelagic zone at 7,020 feet and beyond, where pressures are high and temperatures are very low -- down to about 39 degrees. They are thought to prefer a muddy or clay substrate and lead solitary lives.

Side View of Giant Isopod
巨大等腳類動物的側景

Giant Isopod
巨大的等腳類動物
Catching the Isopod
捕獲的等腳類動物
Underside of Giant Isopod
巨大等腳類動物的底部
Isopod Size Comparision
等腳類動物大小的比較
The Giant Isopod
巨大的等腳類動物
Isopod Underwater
等腳類動物在水下

http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/scitech/2010/03/30/sea-monster-giant-crustacean/?slide=11

深海怪物：石油工人震驚捉到兩呎半長的'木蝨'
Monster of the deep: Shocked oil workers catch TWO-AND-A-HALF-FOOT 'woodlouse'
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 8:19 AM on 03rd April 2010
Giant Isopods
巨大的等腳類動物
西元2007年01月23日

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1263042/Monster-deep-Oil-workers-dredge-giant-cousin-woodlouse.html