Happy Saturday people,
I was a strolling through the October National Geographic and a short but
very interesting article was found in the earth Almanac section . Titled "
Nice Legs, but Not Just for Show"  ....
I will quote the article , " Crawling among corals , anemones, and sponges
to suck their juices , marine creatures called sea spiders range all oceans.
This one (referring to the image of a  pseudopallene to the left of the
article)  was photographed off Australia. But sea spiders have a problem.
Their bodies are so tiny-usually just a few millimeter in diameter- that
there isn't room for all their internal organs . so their legs serve as
auxiliary storage , housing part of their digestive and reproductive
systems.  Males carry females eggs on a special pair of legs called ovigers
, until they hatch . "
I was wondering if these bizarre creatures are ever found feasting upon
mollusks or bivalves? If there is anyone out there with a link for more
information on sea spiders I would appreciate . ferreter