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Home / Wildlife / Insects and Bugs / Sea spiders pump blood with the guts in their legs because their hearts are too tiny to do it

Sea spiders pump blood with the guts in their legs because their hearts are too tiny to do it

Updated on May 17, 2024February 21, 2023
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Sea spiders pump blood with their guts, which are found in the legs, because their hearts are too small and weak to push the blood from the torso to the legs. Sea spiders are known as pantopods which means “all legs.” They’re found throughout the ocean from tide pools to the deep. Sea spiders may be too small to see or be as big as dinner plates. 

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