This sea spider, or pycnogonid, was observed crawling up a colony of bamboo coral overgrown by yellow zoanthids during Dive 02 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition at 2,623 meters (8,605 feet) depth.
Sea Spider
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This sea spider, or pycnogonid, was observed crawling up a colony of bamboo coral overgrown by yellow zoanthids during Dive 02 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition at 2,623 meters (8,605 feet) depth.

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