This large pycnogonid or sea spider was imaged at 1,122 meters (about 3,681 feet) during Dive 12 of the Windows to the Deep 2018 expedition. Sea spiders are more closely related to spiders on land than the arthropods of the deep. They use their proboscis to suck up fluids of an organism they are eating. You can view that behavior is this highlight video.
Sea Spider
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Windows to the Deep 2018. Download larger version (jpg, 858 KB).
This large pycnogonid or sea spider was imaged at 1,122 meters (about 3,681 feet) depth during Dive 12 of the Windows to the Deep 2018 expedition. Sea spiders are more closely related to spiders on land than the arthropods of the deep. They use their proboscis to suck up fluids of an organism they are eating. You can view that behavior is this highlight video.
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