University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers uncover reproductive habits of Antarctic giant sea spiders.

Male sea spiders observed attaching eggs to the ocean floor, revealing a 140-year-old mystery of species' reproduction.

The eggs develop for several months before hatching, a process now documented for the first time.

This discovery has significant implications for the understanding of marine life and ecosystem dynamics in Antarctica.

Published in Ecology, the study emphasizes the need for continued research on the largely unknown Antarctic marine ecology.