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‘Large’ creature discovered in cave smelling of rotten eggs in Iran. It’s a new species

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Stenasellus stygopersicus is a new species of isopods found in a cave in southwestern Iran .

Males are about half an inch long, with a coral-colored body and “trapezoidal” head.

Females are much bigger, and the body size of a female isopod is almost two times that of a male.

Isopods belong to the same crustacean group as crabs and shrimp.