Sea Spiders

© Johan Boshoff

Vito ra ntolovelo wa xindyangu

Sea spiders

Vito ra xi science

Pantopoda

Size

Kusuka eka 1cm kuya 1m.

Nhlamuselo

Milenge yo leha na ximirani lexintsongo. Hixitalo yina milenge ya 8 kambe swa endleka kuva na 10-12 wa milenge. Nhlana wa yona wuvonakala ngopfu. Muhlovo lowu vonakalaka ngopfu i muhlovo wa beige, buraweni na orenji.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wa Pantopoda wuna kutlula kwalomu ka 1 400 wa tinxakanxaka. Muxaka lowu ahi mapume ya mampela. Yikota kuti tumbeta hixiyimo xale henhla. Swihadyana leswi aswina mahahu kambe swikota kuhefemula. Swirho swinwani swa xona swilemilengeni hikuva miri wa yona wuntsongo swinene. Yi famba Kunene kumbe kuhlambela. Loko matandza ya tshikeriwile leyi ya xinuna yihlayisa matandza kukondza ya tlhotlhoriwa.

Swakudya

Yidya swihadyani leswingana miri wo olova leswi pfumalaka rhambu rale nhlaneni leswi dyiwaka hiku mitiwa Kunene.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka tinxaka hinkwato ta malwandle ya laha misaveni kukatsa na Arctic.

Common species

Anoplodactylus digitatus
Nymphon gracile
Nymphon sp.