Where Do #Antarctica ’s Giant #SeaSpiders Come From?

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Happy to say that our latest paper is online early at the Biological Bulletin! doi.org/10.1086/736843 Thanks to Jess Z and all for their hard work! #Seaspiders and paternity/maternity testing....yep. #Antarctica science!!! 🧪🌎🦑🇦🇶🐧 Want a PDF? let me know!

These 'Weird' Sea Spiders Don't Have Abdomens—and Instead Store Organs in Their Legs. With DNA, Scientists Are Learning Why Researchers sequenced the knotty sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing a missing gene that many other animals have

These 'Weird' Sea Spiders Don't Have Abdomens—and Instead Store Organs in Their Legs. With DNA, Scientists Are Learning Why: Researchers sequenced the knotty sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing a missing gene… @SmithsonianMag #SeaSpiders #MarineBiology #Genetics #Evolution #Wildlife

These 'Weird' Sea Spiders Don't Have Abdomens—and Instead Store Organs in Their Legs. With DNA, Scientists Are Learning Why — Smithsonian Magazine Researchers sequenced the knotty sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing a missing gene that many other animals have

#Science is still relevant and important, dammit.

#Smithsonian #seaspiders #DNA #genomesequencing

#seaspiders #animals #biology #oceans

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Scientists Discover First Known Sea Spider Species That 'Eat' Methane With the Help of Bacteria The research offers new insights on interactions between creatures on the mysterious seafloor and sheds light on the methane cycle

Scientists Discover First Known Sea Spider Species That 'Eat' Methane With the Help of Bacteria: The research offers new insights on interactions between creatures on the mysterious seafloor and sheds light on the… @SmithsonianMag #SeaSpiders #MarineBiology #MethaneCycle #Biodiversity #OceanResearch

First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a rare diet fueled by a common greenhouse gas.

#Methane #Powered #SeaSpiders #OceanFloor 😳
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Sea spiders 'farm' methane-eating bacteria on their bodies Sea spiders living near deep-sea methane seeps appear to cultivate and eat bacteria on their exoskeletons

Sea spiders 'farm' methane-eating bacteria on their bodies #Science #Biology #Microbiology #SeaSpiders #MethaneBacteria #Ecosystems

First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor | CNN Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a rare diet fueled by a common greenhouse gas.

#SeaSpiders who feast on #methane observed off the #coasts of #California & #Alaska

In a #SymbioticRelationship, #bacteria hitchhike on the spider’s #exoskeletons, and in return, the #microbes convert #CarbonRich methane & #oxygen into #sugars & #fats the spiders can eat
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First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor On land it's a climate threat — but deep underwater, methane sustains strange life.

B-movie, #sci-fi horror plot of the day:

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Meet the Methane-Eating Sea Spiders Found Crawling the Ocean Floor First Methane-Powered Sea Spiders Discovered Crawling the Ocean Floor In a groundbreaking deep-sea discovery, scientists have identified three new species

New Sea Spiders Found Feeding on Methane at the Ocean Floor

#SeaSpiders #DeepSeaDiscovery #MarineBiology #OceanExploration #NewSpecies #ClimateScience
#MethaneSeeps #BizarreNature #UnderwaterLife #ScienceNews

A close-up photo showing four preserved sea spiders arranged on a white background. Each specimen is reddish-brown, with multiple legs radiating outward from a central body. A ruler is placed below for scale. In the bottom-right corner, two handwritten labels are visible. The top label reads: “Achelia euryfrontalis Turpaeva, holotype.”

A preserved specimen of a sea spider is photographed against a white background, with a ruler at the bottom. The species has long, slender reddish-brown legs and a compact central body. To the right, a vial containing another specimen in liquid preservative is partially visible. Several handwritten labels are shown. The main label reads: "Ascorhynchus mariae Turpaeva (holotype)"

A preserved specimen of a sea spider (Colossendeis aperta) is photographed in a shallow circular container. The body is small and orange-brown, with extremely long, thin legs radiating outward, spanning several centimeters (with scale visible at the bottom). The specimen appears delicate and spindly, with multiple appendages extending from the central body. In the top-right corner, a close-up of a handwritten specimen label provides taxonomic and collection data. The label reads "Colossendeis aperta Turpaeva, holotype"

A preserved sea spider specimen (Colossendeis sp.) is photographed in a shallow glass dish. The body is orange-brown with a large, elongated central trunk and long, segmented legs extending outward in a symmetrical arrangement. A scale at the bottom shows that the leg span exceeds 8 cm. In the bottom-left corner, two handwritten labels provide specimen data.

A dataset with detailed information on over 2,000 sea spider specimens stored in the Ocean Benthic Fauna collection of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#marinelife #seaspiders #zoology #Invert

Yesterday we caught some beautiful #seaspiders! These gorgeous pycnogonids come from 500 m deep near the South Orkney Islands in #Antarctica. #BIOPOLE2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

Sea spiders have the unique ability to breath through their legs! Oxygen passes along the legs’ large surface area, and intestinal pouches in the legs diffuse the oxygen throughout the sea spiders' tissues. #diginverts #seaspiders #spiders

A timescale for the evolutionary history of sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) Abstract. Sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) are an ancient lineage of chelicerates represented by a single living order, Pantopoda, and a patchy fossil

Sea spiders (Pycnogonida) are an ancient Class of chelicerates with a fascinating evolutionary tale. A new study we just published on the EJLS uncovers their evolutionary history! 🧵 #Evolution #TheLinneanSociety #SeaSpiders #Arthropoda

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Today I discovered that #seaspiders are the invertebrate correspondent to #seahorses! Did I get it right @andyantarctica.bsky.social? Are ovigers similar to brood pouches of seahorses? This is mind blowing!!!! Thank you for sharing!!! #evolution

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Never going down there..
#nature #ocean #spider #sealife #oceanlife #learn #trivia #seaspiders #wonder