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    • Pycnogonida
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Observer

kestrel

Date

Jun 25, 2008

Description

Within M. californianus bed.

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What

sea spiders Class Pycnogonida

Observer

kueda

Date

Feb 27, 2010 02:35 PM PST

Description

...Pycnogonum stearnsi, but too small for me to tell what.

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What

sea spiders Class Pycnogonida

Observer

vishalbhave

Date

Feb 2, 2010

Place

Ratnagiri (Google, OSM)

Description

Small, transparent sea spider, in intertidal zone crawling on an algae

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Description from Wikipedia

Sea spiders, also called Pantopoda or pycnogonids, are marine arthropods of class Pycnogonida. They are cosmopolitan, found especially in the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas and the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans. There are over 1300 known species, ranging in size from 1 to 10 millimetres (0.04 to 0.4 in), to over 90 centimetres (3.0 ft) in some deep water species. Most are toward the smaller end of this range in relatively shallow depths, however, they can grow to be quite...

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