Category: Invertebrates

Portrait of a Pycnogonid

Cormac Toler-Scott

Scanning electron micrograph of the face of a sea spider (Pycnogonida) collected from Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC. Sea spiders are marine arthropods that superficially resemble spiders but fall within their own unique group. They feed on a variety of marine organisms using their clawed front appendages and long proboscis, as pictured here.