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Candacia armata (ventral view)

Collected at night 50-80 kilometers off of Barnegat, NJ.n

Notes: The two most anterior appendages (that form a vee shape) are really raptorial "claws" with large spines used to capture and kill prey.

Collected and photographed by: W. S. Johnson
Goucher College


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