ReviewFrontiers in zoology2018
Feeding ecology in sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida): what do we know?
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- Hitch-hiking in the deep sea: Amphipods embrace sea spiders in the Southeast Pacific Ocean.Ecology · 2026Article
- Methane-powered sea spiders: Diverse, epibiotic methanotrophs serve as a source of nutrition for deep-sea methane seepProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Pycnogonida collection of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences.Biodiversity data journal · 2025Article
- Ecology of endolithic bryozoans: colony development, growth rates and interactions of species in the genus Immergentia.Zoological letters · 2024Article
- New insights into the Devonian sea spiders of the Hunsrück Slate (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida).PeerJ · 2024Article
- The visual pathway in sea spiders (Pycnogonida) displays a simple serial layout with similarities to the median eye pathway in horseshoe crabs.BMC biology · 2022Article
- Combining morphological and genomic evidence to resolve species diversity and study speciation processes of theFrontiers in zoology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Sea spiders (Pycnogonida) are a widespread and phylogenetically important group of marine arthropods. However, their biology remains understudied, and detailed information about their feeding ecology is difficult to find. Observations on pycnogonid feeding are scattered in the literature, often in older sources written in various languages, and have never been comprehensively summarized. Here we provide an overview of all information on feeding in pycnogonids that we have been able to find and review what is known on feeding specializations and preferences in the various pycnogonid taxa. We deduce general findings where possible and outline future steps necessary to gain a better understanding of the feeding ecology of one of the world's most bizarre animal taxa.
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