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Tanystylum duospinum
Sea Spider
(shown with Aglaophenia latirostris)

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0205 0408 (2005-02-13)

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date of photo Jul 1987

location Monterey Harbor (Monterey County, California, US)

class Pycnogonida

habitat Low intertidal zone

notes This male sea spider is brooding fertilized eggs he gathered from his mate. The resulting larvae will parasitize the hydroid Aglaophenia on which the adults feed. 8 mm across. These cryptic sea spiders move very slowly.

camera Olympus system for macro photography

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names Sea Spider (photographer)

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