Aquatic Scorpion

[Travis K]

And guess what...I think I found a semi aquatic scorpion.
Chactas raymondhandsi http://aecphotos.com/thirtysixarticlesfile.html
What do you think?

I would need to see an invert hobbyist or professional back this up with documentation before I bought into it. I don't think it is unbelievable though.

 

[AzJohn]

For anyone interested, this is the article sited in the above website. I'm not sure if Chactas raymondhandsi is semiaquatic or just has some cool adaptations.
http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v14_n1/JoA_v14_p15_grey.pdf

 

[2nscorpx]

Hey, I've got that article! Thanks John!

Acro, it is probably not too well documented, and it may be an assumption that they are able to do this...I'd have to see a publication first.

 

[DubiaW]

No...crustacea are close related but no arachnids....whales and dolphins are aquatic mammals are not sea rhino's, what are you smoking?

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Actually Whales share an ancestor with hippos. There is a unique bone structure, the double pulley joint, that is present in both lineages in the fossil record. http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evograms_03