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I'd become enthralled by mcduck's postings of this creature. Was the Target Species this day and BLAMMO! Saw my first. Thanks nudibranchmom....
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I'd become enthralled by mcduck's postings of this creature. Was the Target Species this day and BLAMMO! Saw my first. Thanks nudibranchmom....
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The sea spider Pycnogonum stearnsi feeding on a very small brooding anemone while clutching the nudibranch Aegires albopunctatus. I don't think this sea spider regularly attacks nudibranchs, so I think it was just looking for something to hold on to.
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First sea spider! Ok, not the first, but first pic. I'd read they could be found sucking from the base of anemone columns, so after checking a bunch, I finally found this on a Sola Anemone (Anthopleura sola). Rad!
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First sea spider! Ok, not the first, but first pic. I'd read they could be found sucking from the base of anemone columns, so after checking a bunch, I finally found this on a Sola Anemone (Anthopleura sola). Rad!
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Yet another, this time on a Giant Green Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica). This one was slightly bigger, and male, indicated by the presence of the ovigers, egg-carrying legs unique to this class and only present on the males for this family.
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Yet another, this time on a Giant Green Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica). This one was slightly bigger, and male, indicated by the presence of the ovigers, egg-carrying legs unique to this class and only present on the males for this family.