Male. ~12mm leg spread |
Sea Spider Ammothea hilgendorfi Pycnogonida Corona del Mar, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 3/5/08. Collected and identified by Felipe Barreto Back to Sea Spiders index page |
Male showing ovigers - appendages behind the palps and in front of the walking legs, used for carrying eggs |
Male showing four simple eyes on a central tubercle |
Close-up of eyes |
Close-up of eyes |
Male carrying eggs |
Male carrying eggs on the ovigers |
Male carrying eggs |
Male carrying eggs |
Male carrying eggs |
Male showing ovigers and eggs |
Female |
Female carrying eggs in her legs (femora) |