Male. ~12mm leg spreadSea Spider
Ammothea hilgendorfi
Pycnogonida
Corona del Mar, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 3/5/08.
Collected and identified by Felipe Barreto
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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)