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May 26, 2021: Sea Pen and Sea Spider

This image of a sea pen and pycnogonid sea spider was taken during a Windows to the Deep 2019 dive to explore along the south facing wall in Wilmington Canyon.

Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Windows to the Deep 2019. Download larger version (jpg, 978 KB).

This image of a sea pen and pycnogonid sea spider was taken during a Windows to the Deep 2019 dive to explore along the south facing wall in Wilmington Canyon. Wilmington Canyon is one of the major mid-Atlantic canyons that remains relatively unexplored. The sea spider’s proboscis is retracted, indicating that it was not currently feeding on the sea pen.