Black bodiless spider

Perhaps Anoplodactylus lentus?

See here for a comprehensive, albeit old, key: The Pycnogonida of the Western North Atlantic and the Caribbean. While your picture obviously doesn't have enough detail for this to be keyed out properly, I wonder if it would be possible to determine anyway...

… Aaron Hunt, 25 August, 2015 - 11:01pm

Joyce has some

at calphotos

… john and jane balaban, 3 August, 2013 - 4:11pm

Well, I'm thrilled! What a find!

Good work!

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 21 February, 2015 - 3:00pm

Pantopoda

I have never heard of such a thing. Amazing.

… Lynette Elliott, 2 August, 2013 - 3:38pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

I'm not sure if all of my fellow editors will be thrilled, but I think it's an excellent addition. Now, if we could find an expert to narrow down the ID a bit... :)

Image cropped for placement.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 July, 2013 - 7:40pm

On a crab pot, you say?

Probably a sea spider: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_spider

… Cliff Bernzweig, 23 July, 2013 - 2:18pm

Arthropod

Do you think this could be added to the Guide ... ?

… Laura P., 23 July, 2013 - 2:34pm

Well...

The guide has photos of crabs taken in aquariums, so I think this photo could definitely go in the guide, especially considering how similar it looks to a real spider. It will need its own new class page.

… Cliff Bernzweig, 23 July, 2013 - 3:43pm

Yay, a new arachnid (sort of) for the Guide!

I'd love to see it added. I misread crab pot and was envisioning some kind of flower pot! At first I thought it looked like Black Widow exuvium but noticed the leg lengths weren't right.

… Laura P., 23 July, 2013 - 4:31pm

I think you got it ...

http://www.allenhost.com/gallery/d/17910-4/aax.jpg

… Laura P., 23 July, 2013 - 2:27pm

Exuvium

Might be the shed exoskeleton left over from a spider molt.

… Laura P., 23 July, 2013 - 12:17pm