A newly identified group of deep-sea spiders carries methane-eating microbes on their legs, revealing a unique symbiosis and a surprising new lineage in the ocean depths
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Paper
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Three newly-discovered species of deep sea 'spiders' farm methane-eating bacteria on their own bodies in a symbiosis quite unlike anything seen before.
