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Sea Spiders: Class Pycnogonida - An introduction to the biology and ecology of Sea Spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida).
Class Pycnogonida (Sea Spiders) - Short introduction from the Animal Diversity Web.
Introduction to the Pycnogonida - Brief introduction to sea spiders, including information on their feeding and anatomy.
Pantopoda 1789-1995 - Extensive Pycnogonida (Pantopoda) bibliography compiled by Dr. Franz Krapp.
Sea Slug Predators - Pycnogonids (Sea Spiders) - Photo of a pycnogonid; information about Anoplodactylus evansi, a generalist predator of small opisthobranchs. From Sea Slug Forum.
Jason Dunlop - Research Interests - Among his other research interests, Jason Dunlop is working on a fossil pantopod larva.

Arachnomorpha - Arachnomorpha ("Spider Shapes") Lameere 1890 is a subdivision of Arthropoda, containing the monophyletic group formed by the trilobites and the chelicerates. Great debate is held on the position of the Pycnogonida, which are currently thought not to be placed in the immediate vicinity of the Chelicerata (Dunlop
Colossendeidae - Colossendeidae is a family of sea spider (class Pycnogonida).
Sea spider - Sea spiders, also called Pantopoda or pycnogonids ('pycnogonid' = Greek for 'thick knee') , are marine arthropods of class Pycnogonida. They are cosmopolitan, found especially in the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas and the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans.
Chelicerae - The Chelicerae are mouth parts of the Chelicerata, an arthropod subphylum that includes arachnids, Merostomata (horseshoe crabs), and Pycnogonida (sea spiders). Chelicerae are pointed appendages which are used to grasp food, and are found in place of the chewing mandibles most other arthropods have.