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Pantopoda
A type of crab walking along the edge of a barrel sponge. It was tiny, maybe less than a cm wide.
Coral Reef. Saw this at Bahura.
Fantastic spotting Andrew! Loving all of the informative comments! I'd never thought of spiders living in the ocean. Thank you for sharing :)
This is impressive.
The big ones like cold water, and deep.
Their body is so thin that the internal organs extend into the legs!
I've seen this only once.
A very nice find.
Thanks Leuba, I noticed it out of the corner of my eye as it was crawling along. Thanks Albert for the ID.
Thanks Albert. I only have vague memories of pychnogonids and never thought to look them up. 90 cm is impressive !
@Leuba, there are more than 1,000 known species of Sea Spiders.
Most are in deep waters.
Their sizes range from as tiny as 1 mm to 90 cm!
However did you notice this ?? Wonderful spotting and great to have one of these on PN ! Thanks for sharing.
Spotted on Nov 4, 2014
Submitted on Feb 22, 2015
