This image of a sea pen and pycnogonid sea spider was taken during Dive 17 of Windows to the Deep 2019. The sea spider’s proboscis is retracted, indicating that it was not currently feeding on the sea pen.
Sea Spider
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Windows to the Deep 2019. Download larger version (jpg, 967 KB).
This image of a sea pen and pycnogonid sea spider was taken during Dive 17 of Windows to the Deep 2019. The sea spider’s proboscis was retracted, indicating that it was not currently feeding on the sea pen.
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