Heck no: the giant Antarctic sea spider - Australian Geographic
Meet the giant Antarctic sea spider (Decolopoda australis), seen here absolutely dwarfing a European sea spider. An example of gigantism, wherein an animal grows unusually large due to a lack of predators and other factors that would limit their size, the Antarctic sea spider can grow to more than 30cm in diameter (about the length of a chihuahua).
We Finally Know How Giant Sea Spiders Come Into This World
There, scuttling across the seafloor on spindly little legs, eerie sea spiders make their home. One known as the giant Antarctic sea spider (Colossendeis megalonyx) has had one of its secrets revealed. Scientists have finally seen the way these curious creatures reproduce – and as far as experts know it's unlike any other species of sea spider.
Secrets of giant Antarctic sea spiders and their tiny eggs revealed ...
2024年3月1日 · Unlike other sea spiders that carry their eggs around until they hatch, the giant Antarctic sea spider (Colossendeis megalonyx) attach their thousands of tiny eggs to the rocky seafloor,...
Scientists Solve 140-Year-Old Giant Antarctic Sea Spider …
2024年5月22日 · University of Hawaiʻi scientists discovered key reproductive behaviors of giant Antarctic sea spiders, providing new insights into their development and the broader marine ecosystem. This groundbreaking research contributes to understanding marine life in one of the world’s least studied regions.
Giant Antarctic sea spiders’ 140-year-old reproductive mystery …
2024年2月18日 · The reproduction of giant sea spiders in Antarctica has been largely unknown to researchers for more than 140 years, until now. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists traveled to the remote continent and saw first-hand the behaviors of these mysterious creatures, and their findings could have wider implications for marine life and ocean ...
Giant Antarctic sea spiders' reproductive mystery solved after 140 ...
2024年2月20日 · Now, a group of scientists may have finally solved the 140-year-old mystery of why the giant sea spiders lay their eggs on the bottom of the seafloor, unlike other sea spider species who...
Mānoa: VNR: Giant Antarctic sea spiders 140-year-old …
2024年2月18日 · The reproduction of giant sea spiders in Antarctica has been largely unknown to researchers for more than 140 years, until now. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists traveled to the remote continent and saw first-hand the behaviors of these mysterious creatures, and their findings could have wider implications for marine life and ocean ...
Secrets of the Gigantic Sea Spiders - Antarctica
2015年11月16日 · The average sea spider in McMurdo Sound is neither itsy nor bitsy. Although they live in oceans all over the world, to find the really enormous ones, scientists have to trek to Antarctica. It’s a phenomenon called polar gigantism, and scientists are studying these marine giants as part of a U.S. Antarctic Program-supported team led by Amy ...
2024年2月19日 · In October 2021, during a field research expedition to Antarctica, the team, including Moran and School of Life Sciences Ph.D. students Aaron Toh and Graham Lobert, made a groundbreaking...
Giant Antarctic sea spiders reproductive mystery solved
2024年2月18日 · In October 2021, during a field research expedition to Antarctica, the team, including Moran and School of Life Sciences PhD students Aaron Toh and Graham Lobert, made a groundbreaking discovery....