Via Akeakamai, I found this gem of a video from JAMSTEC's Shinkai 6500. The video shows several typical scavenging organisms, crabs, eels, and GIANT ISOPODS (Bathynomus giganteus), feeding on what appears to be a sizeable fish (maybe tuna). For scale the isopods are about 9-12 inches in length and yes they are the world's largest isopod. The video is originally from the "Planet Earth" series.
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Somehow the link has changed:
the original in Japanese
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKnvNe5qZUk
an English version under
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeOSXtBCY30
Video is fixed.