bogleech:anyway people asked so this is a sea spider, not actually a spider but part of an arthropod
bogleech:anyway people asked so this is a sea spider, not actually a spider but part of an arthropod lineage so unique we aren’t really sure HOW to classify it but it probably goes back to the Cambrian era about half a billion years ago.The best part is where its goofy little eyes are:The other best part is that there’s so little room in a sea spider’s “body” that its internal organs, even intestines and gonads, are spread out inside of its legs.The larval stage consists of basically only the “head,” equipped with swimming appendages, until it settles down and grows all the legs.Also, like a seahorse, it’s the male that carries the eggs around.They feed only on fluids, and most prey on soft-bodied animals like sea cucumbers, coral polyps, sponges, anemones or worms. -- source link
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