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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Sea Spiders (Pycnogonida) » Pantopoda » Pycnogonidae » Pycnogonum » Pycnogonum stearnsi
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Sea Spider - Pycnogonum stearnsi
Copyright © 2013 Don Loarie

Sea Spider - Pycnogonum stearnsi
Mendocino County, California, USA
November 29, 2013
Size: ~ 9 mm
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Contributed by Don Loarie on 30 November, 2013 - 10:04am
Last updated 22 December, 2013 - 12:27pm

Looks squishy..
Wonder what it would taste like !
… Maggie Lucretia , 19 June, 2019 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

That's creepy...
That's creepy...
… SpinosaurusRocks, 10 April, 2018 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pantopoda.
That appears to be the only option in your area. The other California species, Pycnogonum rickettsi, is found from Marin County to Monterey, and it evidently looks pretty different--both species are pictured at the bottom of this page.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 December, 2013 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

Sea Spider
I believe this is Pycnogonum stearnsi
… Don Loarie, 30 November, 2013 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tim Loh, 30 November, 2013 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

In this class?
… john and jane balaban, 30 November, 2013 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

Awesome!!
I'm jealous.
… Matt Edmonds, 30 November, 2013 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

 
What?
Why? What's so special about this alien from Mars that makes you so jealous?
… Seth Wickham, 3 March, 2021 - 12:56pm login or register to post comments

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