sea spider

n. Any of various predatory marine arthropods of the class Pycnogonida, having a small body, four pairs of long walking legs, and a proboscis. Also called pycnogonid.

sea spider

n (Animals) a small marine arachnid, having four pairs of legs and somewhat resembling a spider, unusual in that the male carries the eggs once they are laid and cares for the offspring

sea′ spi`der

n. any marine arthropod of the class Pycnogonida, having a short, slender body and four to six pairs of long legs. [1660–70]

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sea spider - any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legspycnogonidarthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitinorder Pycnogonida, Pycnogonida - sea spiders

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sea spider

sea spider,

common name for members of the class Pycnogonida, long-legged, rather spiderlike organisms of the subphylum Chelicerata, widely distributed in marine waters. Most are tiny, from 1 to 9 mm (0.04–0.36 in.), and live in littoral regions, crawling about over the surface of sessile animal colonies or seaweeds. Some live on or in clams. There are deep-sea forms, some becoming quite large; Colossendeis colossea has a leg span of nearly 2 ft (91 cm). Their unusual body form makes their relationships to other arthropods obscure. Nearly all of the body is composed of the anterior region (prosoma); a tiny tubular posterior region (opisthosoma) projects behind. A large proboscis is used to suck in food. At the base of the proboscis is a pair of modified appendages (chelicera) used to pick off bits of food and hold them in front of the mouth. The next appendages are a pair of leglike pedipalps, followed by a pair of specialized legs used by the male to carry eggs until they hatch. Four to six pairs of walking legs follow. The reduced body size has led to the extension of the organs into the appendages. They lack gills or lungs; oxygen is absorbed from seawater through diffusion, using pores in the exoskeleton in the largest sea spideers. Members of this class are relatively common and widely distributed; some 1,300 species are known. Sea spiders are classified in the phylum ArthropodaArthropoda
[Gr.,=jointed feet], largest and most diverse animal phylum. The arthropods include crustaceans, insects, centipedes, millipedes, spiders, scorpions, and the extinct trilobites.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum ChelicerataChelicerata
, subphylum of Arthropoda, including the horseshoe crabs (order Xiphosura), the arachnids (class Arachnida), and the sea spiders (class Pycnogonida). The extinct giant water scorpions (order Eurypterida, not true scorpions) also are chelicerates.
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sea spider

[′sē ‚spī·dər] (invertebrate zoology) The common name for arthropods in the subphylum Pycnogonida.

sea spider

sea spider

sea spider

sea′ spi`der

sea spider

sea spider,

sea spider

sea spider

Synonyms for sea spider

noun any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs

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