Sea Spider.

This grotesque and creepy creature, true to its name, resembles a spider.

Imagine the image that typically comes to mind when you think of a "spider"—a small, round body with eight legs that are longer than the body itself.

Now, replace that round body with a short rod-like shape and triple the length of its legs. That’s the appearance of a sea spider.

Picture it crawling along the ocean floor, between rock crevices or coral, moving its eight long legs one at a time, slithering like a snake.

Unlike land spiders, sea spiders don’t have swollen, bulbous abdomens. …