WoRMS taxon details
Bathynomus vaderi Ng, Sidabalok & Nguyen, 2025
1791043 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1791043)
accepted
Species
Bathynomus paracelensis Huang & Kawai, 2025 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ng, P.K.L., Sidabalok, C.M. & Nguyen, T.S. (2025). A new species of supergiant <i>Bathynomus</i> A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from Vietnam, with notes on the taxonomy of <i>Bathynomus jamesi</i> Kou, Chen & Li, 2017. <em>Zookeys.</em> 1223: 289–310., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1223.139335 [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype ZRC 2022.0621, geounit Vietnam
, Note Offshore of Quy Nhơn, ca 50 nautical miles...
Holotype ZRC 2022.0621, geounit Vietnam [details]
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Type locality Offshore of Quy Nhơn, ca 50 nautical miles from shore, south-central Vietnam, west of the Spratly Islands [details]
Distribution Known only from Vietnam. We are unable to determine the exact location where B. vaderi was trawled, as the dealers and...
Etymology The species named after the most famous Sith Lord in the Star Wars movie series, Darth Vader, whose helmet resembles the...
Distribution Known only from Vietnam. We are unable to determine the exact location where B. vaderi was trawled, as the dealers and fishermen would only say they were obtained from deep waters off Vietnam near the Spratly Islands. [details]
Etymology The species named after the most famous Sith Lord in the Star Wars movie series, Darth Vader, whose helmet resembles the...
Etymology The species named after the most famous Sith Lord in the Star Wars movie series, Darth Vader, whose helmet resembles the head of the new Bathynomus species. [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Bathynomus vaderi Ng, Sidabalok & Nguyen, 2025. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1791043 on 2026-10-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Ng, P.K.L., Sidabalok, C.M. & Nguyen, T.S. (2025). A new species of supergiant <i>Bathynomus</i> A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from Vietnam, with notes on the taxonomy of <i>Bathynomus jamesi</i> Kou, Chen & Li, 2017. <em>Zookeys.</em> 1223: 289–310., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1223.139335 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Bathynomus paracelensis Huang & Kawai, 2025) Huang, M.-C.; Kawai, T. (2025). A new species of supergiant <i>Bathynomus</i> A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 (Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the Paracel Islands, South China Sea. <em>Biodiversity Data Journal.</em> 13: e144238., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.13.e144238
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Bathynomus paracelensis Huang & Kawai, 2025) Huang, M.-C.; Kawai, T. (2025). A new species of supergiant <i>Bathynomus</i> A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 (Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the Paracel Islands, South China Sea. <em>Biodiversity Data Journal.</em> 13: e144238., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.13.e144238
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source
Ng, P. K. L.; Bruce, N. L.; Sidabalok, C. M.; Yang, C.-H.; Nguyen, T. S.; Ahyong, S. T. (2026). <i>Bathynomus vaderi</i> Ng, Sidabalok & Nguyen, 2025: the senior synonym of <i>B. paracelensis</i> Huang & Kawai, 2025 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1273: 185-203., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1273.179260 [details] 
Holotype ZRC 2022.0621, geounit Vietnam [details]
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Diagnosis Clypeal region with lateral margin parallel, distal margin concave, apex narrowly acute, transversely rectangular. Coxa of pereopod 7 narrows distally, curved posteriorly. Distinct row of setae present between pleotelson spines; 11 upwardly curved pleotelson spines; pleotelson 0.6 as long as wide; pleotelson vaulted laterally. Appendix masculina slightly shorter than or reaching to end of endopod of pleopod 2. [details]Distribution Known only from Vietnam. We are unable to determine the exact location where B. vaderi was trawled, as the dealers and fishermen would only say they were obtained from deep waters off Vietnam near the Spratly Islands. [details]
Etymology The species named after the most famous Sith Lord in the Star Wars movie series, Darth Vader, whose helmet resembles the head of the new Bathynomus species. [details]
Type locality Offshore of Quy Nhơn, ca 50 nautical miles from shore, south-central Vietnam, west of the Spratly Islands [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Darth Vader supergiant isopod | [details] |
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