How to Use sea spider in a Sentence

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  • Two species of sea spider—one that views the world through red eyes, and another crawling with parasites.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Sep. 2026
  • According to experts, sea spiders are far stranger than their land counterparts.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Unfortunately, their identification is a testament to an issue much scarier than any sea spider.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The seven-seat submersibles can dive up to 300 meters; at that depth, guests might encounter sea slugs, sea stars, sea spiders two feet in diameter, and 15,000-year-old sponges.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Over the course of more than ten dives, Jiaolong gathered 183 biological samples – including shrimps, sea spiders, and sea anemones – along with sediment, rock, and seawater specimens for further analysis.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The discoveries, collected between September 2023 and August 2024, mark the first time new sea spiders have been formally classified in the region in nearly 100 years, the researchers highlighted.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

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