New hairy-legged, three-lipped, red-eyed sea spider species discovered

Summary by The El Paso Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: CNN Newsource, as published by KVIA ABC-7 · September 25, 2026 · 1 min read

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — If the sight of a spider already makes your skin crawl, you might find the two sea spider species newly discovered by scientists even more unnerving. Researchers in Canada discovered two previously unknown sea spider species during scuba dives, up to 18 meters (59 fe...

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