Field Guide     ARTHROPODA : Chelicerata  

Underwater Field Guide to Ross Island & McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

ARTHROPODA : Chelicerata
sea spiders

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Achelia sp.

Ammothea clausi

Ammothea sp.
probably A. carolinensis

Colossendeis australis

Colossendeis drakei

Colossendeis megalonyx sensu lato

Colossendeis wilsoni

Colossendeis sp.

Nymphon australe

possibly Pallenopsis sp.
or Ammothea clausi

Pentanymphon antarcticum


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