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In addition to drifting or hitching a ride on another animal, sea spiders have been observed to walk along the ocean floor.
Scientific name: Colossendes megalonyx
Size: a tiny body but long legs that extend more than two feet across
Habitat: the deep sea and the polar oceans
Diet: suck the juices from soft-bodied invertebrates like clams
Characteristics: eight long legs, orange body, complex eye, a proboscis (a long, tubular mouth)
To get around, sea spiders often drift with the currents, or cling to moving animals. They can also:
Like many other animals, sea spiders grow much larger in:
warmer seas
colder seas
hot springs
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Many animals besides sea spiders grow to much larger sizes in colder oceans. The reason species in polar waters reach such enormous sizes is because there are higher levels of oxygen in colder waters.
The sea spiders' organs for respiration (breathing) and digestion are located in its enormously long legs.
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Fact
Parts of the giant sea spider's respiratory and digestive systems are found in its legs.
Sea spiders always have eight legs, as their name implies.
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Fiction
Sea spiders are actually born with six legs, but soon develop another pair. In some cases, sea spiders have been known to grow more than eight legs.