Why thank you so much for the response Sir Roland. You don't know the family
of these guys do you ?
Are  they related to the deep sea isopodia ? I'll try the Woods hole or
harbor Branch , see what they say . once again , thanks Roland ,
Ferreter, Going deep for the answers ........






-----Original Message-----
From: Roland Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, October 09, 1999 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: Sea spiders , a true biazare creature ,


>Hey Ferreter,
>Sea spiders are indeed interesting animals. We have about 2 dozen species
here in Puget Sound (Washington State). Not much is known of their habits.
Ours mostly suck the juices of hydroids and sea anemones but according to
the book by Kozloff ("Invertebrates") some feed on nudibranchs and the gills
of mussels.
>Roland
>
>Roland C. Anderson, Puget Sound Biologist
>The Seattle Aquarium
>1483 Alaskan Way
>Seattle WA 98101 USA
>phone: 206-386-4359
>See our website: www.seattleaquarium.org
>
>>>> ferreter <[log in to unmask]> 10/09 7:30 PM >>>
>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
>