sea spider
Leggy marine arthropod
Sea spiders are marine arthropods with extremely long, spindly legs attached to a narrow body—superficially resembling terrestrial spiders but not closely related to them.
Most are small, though deep-sea species can span over two feet.
They're found in oceans worldwide, often crawling slowly on the seafloor or clinging to corals and hydroids.
Elongated animal head appendage
- palpsArthropod sensory appendages
- ganglyAwkwardly tall and thin
- legspanWidth across extended legs
- segmentedDivided into sections
appendages · exoskeleton · jointed · chitin · molting · elongated · slender · transparent
Thin and fragile-looking
- ganglyAwkwardly tall and thin
- bizarreStrikingly unconventional
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- alienNon-native being
otherworldly · ethereal · fragile · translucent · ghostly · spidery · crawling · creeping
Of the sea bottom
- coralMarine skeletal formation
- anemoneTentacled polyp or bloom
- hydroidColonial marine invertebrate
- bryozoanColonial aquatic invertebrate
nudibranch · tidal · intertidal · kelp · reef · sponge · echinoderm · crustacean
Extremely deep, unmeasurable
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- pressureForce upon contact
- darknessTotal absence of light
- bioluminescenceOrganism-generated light emission
hydrothermal · vent · submersible · fathom · Mariana · Antarctic · polar · gigantism
Hunting and consuming prey
- parasiticExploiting a host organism
- feedingGiving food to
- preyAnimal being hunted
- cnidarianStinging aquatic invertebrate
soft-bodied · detritivore · scavenger · habitat · endemic · biodiversity · adaptation · dispersal
proboscis
Elongated animal head appendage
segmented · appendages · exoskeleton · jointed · chitin · molting · elongated · slender · transparent · regeneration
spindly
Thin and fragile-looking
alien · otherworldly · ethereal · fragile · translucent · ghostly · spidery · crawling · creeping · leggy
benthic
Of the sea bottom
bryozoan · nudibranch · tidal · intertidal · kelp · reef · sponge · echinoderm · crustacean · mollusk
abyssal
Extremely deep, unmeasurable
bioluminescence · hydrothermal · vent · submersible · fathom · Mariana · Antarctic · polar · gigantism · extremophile
predation
Hunting and consuming prey
cnidarian · soft-bodied · detritivore · scavenger · habitat · endemic · biodiversity · adaptation · dispersal · larvae
- arthropodsarthropod, arthropods, Arthropoda, insects, insect
- sea creaturescrab, lobster, shrimp, jellyfish, octopus
- deep-sea creaturesanglerfish, viperfish, lanternfish, dragonfish, blobfish
- many-limbedoctopus, centipede, millipede, squid, cuttlefish
- sea spidersproboscis, palps, trunk
- AntarcticaSouth Pole, Amundsen, Scott, penguins, ice sheet
sea spiderhouse spider
Indoor web-spinning arthropod
tarantula · wolf spider · jumping spider · camel spider · trapdoor spider
sea spiderarachnid
Eight-legged wingless arthropod
spider · black widow · brown recluse · tarantula · huntsman spider