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

© Peter J. Bryant

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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)